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This volume gathers together, for the first time in English translation, Brecht's own writings on the new film and broadcast techlogies that revolutionised arts and communication in the early part of the twentieth century This book includes all of Brecht's theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting and the new media written between 1919 and 1956 as well as all of his important screenplays produced during the 1920s and 1930s. Screenplays written during this time include an early sound-film adaptation of The Threepenny Opera, and a collaboration with Fritz Lang, Hangmen Also Die. Brecht's writings on the new media document his fascination with it from Weimar Germany to Hollywood and the movie industry.A must for students of Brecht and film studies alike.Product Identifiers
PublisherMethuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-100413725006
ISBN-139780413725004
eBay Product ID (ePID)94703613
Product Key Features
AuthorBertolt Brecht
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
TopicFilm, TV & Radio
Additional Product Features
Place of PublicationLondon
Spine28mm
Edited byMarc Silberman
Series TitleDiaries, Letters and Essays
Content Note16pp B&W Photographs
Translated byMarc Silberman
Author BiographyBertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
Date of Publication17/02/2000
Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom