Galileo (Paperback)

Galileo By Bertolt Brecht Cover Image
$14.00
On Our Shelves Now
SoHo
1 on hand, as of Mar 28 7:34am
(PLAYS)
Seaport
1 on hand, as of Mar 28 7:18am
(PLAYS)
Downtown Brooklyn
1 on hand, as of Mar 28 7:34am
(PLAYS)
Rockefeller
1 on hand, as of Mar 28 7:19am
(PLAYS)

Description


Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibility, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the demands of the Inquisition. Through the dramatic characterization of the famous physicist, Brecht examines the issues of scientific morality and the difficult relationship between the intellectual and authority. This version of the play is the famous one that was brought to completion by Brecht himself, working with Charles Laughton, who played Galileo in the first two American productions (Hollywood and New York, 1947). Since then the play has become a classic in the world repertoire. "The play which most strongly stamped on my mind a sense of Brecht's great stature as an artist of the modern theatre was Galileo." - Harold Clurman; "Thoughtful and profoundly sensitive." - Newsweek.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780802130594
ISBN-10: 0802130593
Publisher: Grove Press
Publication Date: January 11th, 1994
Pages: 160
Language: English
Series: Brecht