The good person of Szechwan

Brecht's famous parable pivots around a moral paradox - that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. Through the sharply split personality of the central character Shen Teh / Shui Ta Brecht points to the impossibility of living anything like a 'good' life in a cor...

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Other Authors: Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, author (author), Willett, John, 1917-2002, translator (translator)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Bloomsbury [2014]
Series:Methuen drama student editions.
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Summary:Brecht's famous parable pivots around a moral paradox - that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. Through the sharply split personality of the central character Shen Teh / Shui Ta Brecht points to the impossibility of living anything like a 'good' life in a corrupted and persistently exploitative world. 'The Good Person of Szechwan' was first performed in Zurich in 1943.
Item Description:This translation previously issued in print: London: Methuen Drama, 2009.
Translated from the German.
Physical Description:1 online resource (158 pages)