{"product_id":"brecht-collected-plays-4-round-heads-pointed-heads-fear-misery-of-the-third-reich-senora-carrars-rifles-trial-of-lucullus-dansen-how","title":"Brecht Collected Plays: 4: Round Heads \u0026 Pointed Heads; Fear \u0026 Misery of the Third Reich; Senora Carrar's Rifles; Trial of Lucullus; Dansen; How","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, the long-awaited volume of Brecht's classic plays from the 1930s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 4 of Brecht's Collected Plays contains works from the 1930s, straddling fateful years in German political and cultural history - as well as in Brecht's own life. \u003ci\u003eRound Heads and Pointed Heads\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e, is a powerful political allegory on Nazi racial policy and conditions in the Germany Brecht had to leave in 1933. \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Lucullus\u003c\/i\u003e, a starkly pacifist text originally written in response to a commission from Swedish radio, portrays the Roman general tried by the Underworld for his military triumphs. \u003ci\u003eFear and Misery of the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e, unique in Brecht's work, consists of some thirty short scenes of life under the Nazis between 1933 and 1938, designed for use by groups in exile. \u003ci\u003eSe?ora Carrara's Rifles\u003c\/i\u003e is based on J.M. Synge's \u003ci\u003eRiders to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, but relocated by Brecht in the Spanish Civil War. Also included are two one-act plays, \u003ci\u003eDansen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Much is Your Iron?\u003c\/i\u003e, minor works designed for amateurs in Scandinavia, where the Brechts lived till spring 1941. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume includes an introduction and notes by Tom Kuhn and John Willett, as well as Brecht's own notes on the texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertolt Brecht was born in 1898 and is acknowledged as one of the great German dramatists, poet, playwright, and theatre director whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera, Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Good Person of Szechwan, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460204433682,"sku":"9780413704702","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_234b3d06-959a-4237-822d-cb20de90a2d9.jpg?v=1730033560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brecht-collected-plays-4-round-heads-pointed-heads-fear-misery-of-the-third-reich-senora-carrars-rifles-trial-of-lucullus-dansen-how","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}