by Bertolt Brecht · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420637099
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This book brings together two essential theatrical works by Bertolt Brecht: 'Life of Galileo' and 'Mother Courage and Her Children'. Both pieces explore themes of war, morality, and the responsibility of the individual in complex historical contexts. 'Life of Galileo' examines the conflict between science and authority, while 'Mother Courage' presents a critical view of war and its devastating effects on everyday life. This edition from Alianza Editorial offers a careful translation and an accessible format to enjoy these masterpieces of 20th-century theater.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924, where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill and began a lifelong collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period, Brecht wrote didactic Lehrstücke and became a leading theoretician of epic theatre and the Verfremdungseffekt.
