Drama books set in Germany (6)


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Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe DE

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Den store tragedien om alkymisten og filosofen Faust er en av hjørnesteinenei tysk - og europeisk - litteratur. Det sentrale motivet er pakten Faust har inngått med djevelen: Faust skal få hjelp til å nå alle sine mål, men han skal miste sin sjel til det onde dersom han fristes til å holde fast ved øyeblikket og glemmer sin sannhetssøken og streben etter erkjennelse.

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those who will make best use of them. Thanks to the rascally judge, Azdak, one of Brecht's most vivid creations, this story has a happy outcome: the child is entrusted to the peasant Grusha, who has loved and nurtured it. Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition features an extensive introduction, Brecht's own notes ... continue

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Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modem stage, Mother Courage and Her Children is Bertolt Brecht s most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling ( Mother Courage ), an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the blood and carnage of Europe s religious wars. Battered by hardships, brutality, and the degradation and death of her children, she ultimately finds herself alone with the one thing in which she truly believes her ramshackle wagon with its tattered flag and ... continue

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Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder by Bertolt Brecht DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg. »Was eine Aufführung von Mutter Courage«, schrieb Brecht einmal, »hauptsächlich zeigen soll: Daß die großen Geschäfte in den Kriegen nicht von den kleinen Leuten gemacht werden. Daß der Krieg, der eine Fortführung der Geschäfte mit anderen Mitteln ist, die menschlichen Tugenden tödlich macht, auch für ihre Besitzer. Daß er darum bekämpft werden muß.«


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Drei Kameraden by Erich Maria Remarque DE

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Berlin in den »Goldenen 20ern«: Der Krieg ist vorüber – in den SaIons und Theatern herrscht Lebensfreude, in der Kasse die Inflation und auf der Straße Not und politische Unruhe. Drei junge Kriegskameraden versuchen ein neues Leben aufzubauen...