Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays: Includes: In Search of Justice; Informer; Elephant Calf; Measures Taken; Exception and the Rule; Salzburg Dance of Death (Brecht, Bertolt) [Paperback]

Bertolt Brecht (Author), Eric Bentley (Translator)

Book Description

Series: Brecht, Bertolt | Publication Date: March 28, 1994

These six plays represent the best and most humorous of Brecht's shorter works. The Jewish Wife is from the Fear and Misery in the Third Reich cycle of one-act plays, which, along with In Search of Justice and The Informer, chromicles the hardships of life in Nazi Germany.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Grove Press; 1st Evergreen ed edition (March 28, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802150985
• ISBN-13: 978-0802150981
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short Lessons in the Epic Theatre, February 17, 2000

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Martin Carrillo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays: Includes: In Search of Justice; Informer; Elephant Calf; Measures Taken; Exception and the Rule; Salzburg Dance of Death (Brecht, Bertolt) (Paperback)

Whatever the controversy in Brecht's personal life or even his authorship of the work which we credit him, the works contained in this collection are windows to understanding the form championed by many as the only alternative to Stanislavsky's method.

'The Elephant Calf' and 'The Measures Taken' are lessons in action and politics. 'The Jewish Wife' apart from being one of the most important monologues of all time, is a lesson in humanity. A great collection for any actor or serious theatre enthusiast.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great read, January 28, 2007

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B. R. "Bernski McBernington" (Southern Cali) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays: Includes: In Search of Justice; Informer; Elephant Calf; Measures Taken; Exception and the Rule; Salzburg Dance of Death (Brecht, Bertolt) (Paperback)

This book is full of wonderful plays by Bertolt Brecht. I had performed a scene from The Judge in one of my acting classes in community college, and I just HAD to get my hands on my own copy after. I'm glad I got it, because I love reading all of his plays.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Jewish Wife, December 4, 2004

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This review is from: Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays: Includes: In Search of Justice; Informer; Elephant Calf; Measures Taken; Exception and the Rule; Salzburg Dance of Death (Brecht, Bertolt) (Paperback)

This play has many angles of which may be interpreted. You can see that the wife and husband are well known in the community and the husband is intelligent. The wife is trying to find a way to stand up to her husband (about her leaving him to go to safer Amsterdam during WWII), but will she be able to gather her courage and speak up or just go along with what he tells her, though she thinks he is wrong?