Poems and Songs From the Plays
Bertolt Brecht
Translated by John Willett, Ralph Manheim
"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" (Observer)
This updated and improved collection includes some of Brecht's most famous lyrics 'Legend of the Dead Soldier' which got him blacklisted in the 1920s and Baal and Mahagonny songs; the ballads inspired by Villon and Kipling; the militant political songs from the Lehrstücke. Like its companion book Poems 1913-1956 (Methuen), this collection can be read as an unfolding reflection of the ideas and events of its time, conveyed by the art of an obstinately sensitive yet unsentimental man.
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About Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) grew to maturity as a playwright in the frenetic years of the twenties and early thirties, with such plays as The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny and The Mother. He left Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933, eventually reaching the United States in 1941, where he remained until 1947. It was during this period of exile that masterpieces such as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle were written. Shortly after his return to Europe in 1947, he founded the Berliner Ensemble, with whom he created a number of legendary productions of his own plays. He died in 1956 and his Centenary was celebrated in 1998.
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