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Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

By Bertolt Brecht
Series: Student Editions
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Bertolt Brecht's Fear and Misery of the Third Reich is a collection of twenty-four interconnected playlets portraying the escalating suspicion and anxiety within ordinary German households during the 1930s. These scenes reveal the growing oppression under Hitler's regime, especially focusing on the experiences of Jewish citizens. Written in exile and first performed in 1938, the work offers a stark and clinical exploration of life under Nazi tyranny.
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Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

A Student Edition of Brecht's series of inter-connected playlets that describes events which took place in German households under the rise of the Nazis. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes.

A Student Edition of Brecht's series of inter-connected playlets that describes events which took place in German households under the rise of the Nazis. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes.

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Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s. They dramatise with clinical precision the suspicion and anxiety experienced by ordinary people, particularly Jewish citizens, as the power of Hitler grew.

Written in exile in Denmark and first staged in 1938, it was inspired in part by his recent trip to Moscow where he had been researching tasks for the anti-Nazi effort.

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich Student Edition features an extensive introduction and commentary and includes: a chronology of Brecht's life and work; a synopsis of each playlet; an introduction to the context of the play; commentary on themes, characters, style and language; a review of the play in performance; notes on individual words and phrases in the text, and questions for further study.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408100080

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 August 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Contributors:

  • Edited by Charlotte Ryland
  • Translated by John Willett

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 176g

Pages: 216

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About the Author

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

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