Brecht Collected Plays: v. 8: "The Antigone of Sophocles"; "The Days of the Commune"; "Turandot or the Whitewashers Congress"
by Bertolt Brecht

Brecht Collected Plays: v. 8: "The Antigone of Sophocles"; "The Days of the Commune"; "Turandot or the Whitewashers Congress" Cover

Brecht Collected Plays: v. 8: "The Antigone of Sophocles"; "The Days of the Commune"; "Turandot or the Whitewashers Congress" Book Cover — Brecht Collected Plays: v. 8: "The Antigone of Sophocles"; "The Days of the Commune"; "Turandot or the Whitewashers Congress" Cover

Synopsis

The latest volume in Methuen's Collected Brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into English Volume 8 of Brecht's collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956.

Brecht's ANTIGONE (1948) is a bold adaptation of Holderlin's classic German translation of Sophocles' play.

A reflection on resistance and dictatorship in the aftermath of Nazism, it was a radical new experiment in epic theatre.

THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE (1949) is a semi-documentary account of the Paris Commune, and Brecht's most serious and ambitious historical play.

TURANDOT is Brecht's version of the classic Chinese story is a satire on the intelligentsia of the Weimar Republic, Nazi bureaucracy, and other targets.

Publication

PublisherSamuel French

Brecht Collected Plays: v. 8: "The Antigone of Sophocles"; "The Days of the Commune"; "Turandot or the Whitewashers Congress" is a play written by Bertolt Brecht and published by Samuel French.