The Good Person of Szechwan (Penguin Classics) ebook

by John Willett,Norman Roessler,Bertolt Brecht

John Willett Norman Roessler Bertolt Brecht Dramas and Plays English

The Good Person of Szechwan (German: Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, first translated less literally as The Good Woman of Setzuan) is a play written by the German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht.

The Good Person of Szechwan (German: Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, first translated less literally as The Good Woman of Setzuan) is a play written by the German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht, in collaboration with Margarete Steffin and Ruth Berlau. The play was begun in 1938 but not completed until 1941, while the author was in exile in the United States.

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Bertolt Brecht (1898?1956) was one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century. Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, he left Germany in 1933 when Hitler came to power. Returning to Germany after the war, he founded the Berliner Ensemble and continued to work on plays and films. Bertolt Brecht reflects on the strength - and weakness - of the human spirit in the face of these difficulties. His prose is easy to read and the science discussed is understandable to those with little to no science background. One person found this helpful.

John Willett, Norman Roessler, Ralph Manheim.

With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. John Willett, Norman Roessler, Ralph Manheim. 014310537X, 9780143105374.

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Bertolt Brecht, Norman Roessler (Introduction). John Willett (Introduction). Ralph Manheim (Introduction). Carl Weber (Foreword). With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Shelves: germany, plays-theatre.

Xii, 147 pages ; 20 cm. The good person of Szechwan, a parable play - Notes and variants : - The song from the opium den - Fragment of a story - Press report - Working plan - Undated notes - Li Gung's big speech about the punishment impos. The good person of Szechwan, a parable play - Notes and variants : - The song from the opium den - Fragment of a story - Press report - Working plan - Undated notes - Li Gung's big speech about the punishment imposed by the gods for failing to eat meat - From Brecht's.

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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 Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett, Ralph Manheim. series Modern Classics. Brecht's famous parable, written in exile in 1939-41, shows that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil

by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett, Ralph Manheim. Brecht's famous parable, written in exile in 1939-41, shows that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. They find Shen Teh, a good-hearted but penniless prostitute, and make her a gift that enables her to set up her own business.

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Brecht's famous parable, written in exile in 1939-41, shows that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil.

The authorized, definitive editions of two of Bertolt Brecht's most enduring works The Good Person of Szechwan is one of Bertolt Brecht's most popular works. When three gods come to earth in search of a thoroughly good person, they encounter Shen Teh, a goodhearted but penniless prostitute, who offers them shelter. Rewarded with enough money to open a tobacco shop, "Angel of the Slums" Shen Teh soon becomes so overwhelmed by the demands of people seeking assistance that she invents a male alter ego, "Tobacco King" Shui Ta, to deal ruthlessly with the business of living in an evil world. The Good Person of Szechwan is a masterpiece of minimalist design and elegance that shines a light on human nature and social mores.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Yozshunris

The Good Person, is a play written in the early 1940s by German playwright, Bertolt Brecht. The play is, among many things, layered and has a a flare for the imaginative with it's constant referral to the unknown (gods) and metaphorical audience winks. I enjoyed the play, and though sometimes understanding material from eastern cultures can be difficult at times (I always consider Monkey by Wu Cheng'en), this doesn't necessarily require a predisposed knowledge of Szechwan history to grab onto the story. It has a great sense of humor, and it's one that I will be keeping on my shelf.

Gribandis

Nice story Nice book

Mavivasa

This play is amazing, particularly the epilogue which transparently calls out the play as an opportunity for the audience to consider what they would do to fix this broken world.

Mojind

It took forever to get this translation in the mail, But I couldn't find another version of the Tony Kushner Translation. I don't read German but really it didn't matter, getting my hands on this translation was worth it.

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Doriel

"First comes eating and then comes morality".

One day three Gods come down to Earth in Szechwan China in the early part of the 20th century. They meet an indigent man, a water carrier named Wang and ask him to find someone who will put them up for the night. They are travelling the world in search of good persons. They find one. After getting refused repeatedly, Wang at last finds someone to host these gentlemen, a prostitute named Shen-Teh. At some expense to herself, as she is expecting a client, Shen-Teh selflessly lets them stay with her. Pleased they were able to find a good person, they give her 1,000 silver coins.

With this money Shen-Teh buys a tobacco shop. Immediately people start taking advantage of her. An entire family moves into the shop. People make claims, saying she owes them money. Facing swift ruin, Shen-Teh creates a fictitious cousin, Shui-Ta. She dresses up as him, and he's able to put people off in the way she can't. Shui-Ta can say no. Shui-Ta helps her out then leaves.

Shen-Teh continues on, trying to make a living with the shop. On a rainy evening Shen-Teh meets a man Yang Sun. He is about to commit suicide. She speaks with him and prevents it. She falls in love with him.

That's the basic plot setup. I'll just add that Shui-Ta is forced to come back again. Things just keep conspiring against good Shen-Teh.

It's unconventional, as Brecht frequently is. Characters will break into song every once in a while. They'll talk directly to the audience. Sylistically, it's part fable/parable, part farce, part tragedy. I read the tone as semi-humourous, semi-serious. It's absurdist, but I agree with the idea that you can't have great comedy without a serious undercurrent and that comedy enhances a serious subject.

I had a few minor quibbles - towards the end it got a trifle confusing, there are a lot of minor characters that I had some trouble keeping track of, and I found Yang Sun a tad cryptic.

I had to read this for my theatre department at school. But as I did I found that through the course of this play, Brecht gives a sense of honesty in all of the chracters. Weather that honesty is good or bad, it is a truthfull play that brings forth many aspects of seraching for what is good and bad.