The rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
A pivotal work in the genesis of Brecht's theory and practice of epic theatre, this is a classic of the twentieth-century avant-garde and represents his first major collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill. It premiered in Leipzig in 1930 where it provoked a major scandal. It chronicles the d...
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| Other title: | Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. English |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
[2015]
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| Summary: | A pivotal work in the genesis of Brecht's theory and practice of epic theatre, this is a classic of the twentieth-century avant-garde and represents his first major collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill. It premiered in Leipzig in 1930 where it provoked a major scandal. It chronicles the development and demise of the 'paradise city' of Mahagonny in a series of tableaux capturing the baser aspects of human nature. |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the German. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781408161418.40000001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 28, 2015) |
| Accessibility Note: | Compatible with accessibility standards for most Level A (Priority 1) and AA (Priority 2) success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) |