{"product_id":"9781408177419","title":"Brecht Collected Plays: 3: Lindbergh's Flight; The Baden-Baden Lesson on Consent; He Said Yes\/He Said No; The Decision; The Mother; The Exception \u0026 the Rule; The Horatians \u0026 the Curiatians; St Joan of the Stockyards","description":"The most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume Three\u003c\/i\u003e of Brecht's Collected Plays includes \u003ci\u003eSt Joan of the Stockyards\u003c\/i\u003e - a play which recasts St Joan as Joan Dark springing hope into the hearts of factory workers at the mercy of meatpacker king Pierpont Mauler threatening cuts in the Depression; and the \u003ci\u003eLehrstücke\u003c\/i\u003e or short 'didactic' pieces written during the years 1929 to 1933, are some of his most experimental work. \u003ci\u003eLindbergh's Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baden-Baden Lesson on Consent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHe Said Yes \/ He Said No\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Decision\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003eThe Exception and the Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Horatians and the Curiatians\u003c\/i\u003e reject conventional theatre; they are spare and highly formalised, drawing on traditional Japanese and Chinese forms. They show Brecht in collaboration with the composers Hindemith, Weill and Eisler, influenced by the new techniques of montage in the visual arts and seeking new means of expression. Also included is \u003ci\u003eThe Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Gorky's novel about the progress of a factory strike in Tver and the journey of a peasant mother from illiteracy to card-carrying communism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe translators include H R Hays (\u003ci\u003eThe Horatians and the Curiatians\u003c\/i\u003e), Ralph Manheim (\u003ci\u003eSt Joan of the Stockyards\u003c\/i\u003e), Tom Osborn (\u003ci\u003eThe Exception and the Rule\u003c\/i\u003e), Geoffrey Skelton (\u003ci\u003eThe Baden-Baden Lesson on Consent\u003c\/i\u003e), John Willett (\u003ci\u003eLindbergh's Flight\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003eThe Decision\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003eThe Mother\u003c\/i\u003e) and Arthur Waley (\u003ci\u003eHe Said Yes \/ He Said No\u003c\/i\u003e). The translations are ideal for both study and performance. The volume is accompanied by a full introduction and notes by the series editor John Willett and includes Brecht's own notes and relevant texts as well as all the important textual variants.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140716708080,"sku":"9781408177419","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408177419_p0.jpg?v=1763718273","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408177419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}