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by Bertolt Brecht

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  • ISBN: 1559702540
  • Category: Other
  • Author: Bertolt Brecht
  • Subcategory: Humanities
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Arcade Publishing; 1st Arcade pbk. ed edition (August 1, 1994)
  • Pages: 288 pages
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  • Rating: 4.8
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The Life of Galileo Bertolt Brecht.

The Life of Galileo Bertolt Brecht. So it can’t be standing still.

A major dramatist of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was the founder of one of the most influential theatre companies, the Berliner Ensemble, and the creator of some of the landmark plays of the twentieth century: The Threepenny Opera, Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Life of Galileo (German: Leben des Galilei), also known as Galileo, is a play by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht with incidental music by Hanns Eisler

Life of Galileo (German: Leben des Galilei), also known as Galileo, is a play by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht with incidental music by Hanns Eisler. The play was written in 1938 and received its first theatrical production (in German) at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, opening on the 9th of September 1943. This production was directed by Leonard Steckel, with set-design by Teo Otto. The cast included Steckel himself (as Galileo), Karl Paryla and Wolfgang Langhoff.

This book shows the scientific insights of Galileo and his stand againt the religious authorities, along with his collapse in the face of personal threat. 2 people found this helpful.

Life of Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht, is a lively and fascinating work about science and moral responsibility.

Brief Biography of Bertolt Brecht. Other Books Related to The Life of Galileo. Bertolt Brecht is known for his work in the theater, both as a playwright and director, as well as a theoretician. He was also an accomplished poet. Using historical events to draw parallels with modern politics was a tool Brecht used in many of his plays, such as Mother Courage and her Children and The Threepenny Opera, Brecht’s most famous works. This has also been done by many other playwrights, including Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Jean Anouilh with Becket.

Galileo interests Brecht not as a character but as a case Decisive however is the way in which Brecht has Galileo maintains a hedonistic view of life and binds obsessive joy in experimentation and discovery

Galileo interests Brecht not as a character but as a case. Decisive however is the way in which Brecht has Galileo maintains a hedonistic view of life and binds obsessive joy in experimentation and discovery. Teaching a new science in a new way, he practices a new human attitude in a world which turns out to be both needful and capable of change.

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Dramatizes Galileo's conflict with the church over his assertion that the earth revolves around the sun
Reviews about Life of Galileo (6):
Talvinl
I absolutely cannot understand the enthusiasm for Brecht's dramas. His characters merely stand on a soapbox and spout off political or social programs. I may or may not agree with these programs, but they certainly do not make for exciting drama. Thank goodness for Kurt Weill who made at least one of Brecht's creations come to life (the Threepenny Opera).
Katishi
The book stunk...but it arrived in great condition.
Lo◘Ve
Galileo's story is well known. Brecht writing decades ago in the shadow of WWII realizes the human frailties implicit in ignorance,
bias, exercise of power and misplaced religious belief in this short and vivid work. Galileo plays several roles in Brecht's view, but none more important than that of surviving in order that his ideas could survive. I am reminded of John Ciardi's observation: "To sing, one must hide in the world one sings from."
Anaginn
Just like Brecht to have his finger so on the pulse of the historic past, his present and his future which has arrived as our present. Could probably benefit from some judicious cutting for modern audiences, but filled with challenging ideas. Worth the read, surely worth a production.
Fenrikasa
Bertolt Brecht's "the Life of Galileo" is perhaps one of his best known plays which came to define the Epic Drama genre of the 20th century. Written in America after Brecht fled the Nazi uprising in Germany, "the Life of Galileo" takes a bold stance about science and scientific discovery in a time when Atomic Theory and the development of an Atomic Bomb were making people consider what may happen when something good (atomic energy) are made into something bad (atomic bombs).

Though this version is the revised edition to the play (Brecht had written two previous versions that he changed) it still captures the spirit of Epic drama and the social/political issues can be deduced by Brecht's portrayl of Galileo.
Twentyfirstfinger
It's a fascinating play, but it's important to take into consideration that it takes up to 4 hours to produce in its entirety, requires a cast of up to 40 people plus orchestra and tech crew. The carnival scene (10) also requires many props, and setting it during the renaissance can be demanding for a costumier! We performed it outside in winter at night. Brrrr...

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