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Bertolt Brecht

Playwright, Lyricist

Birth Name:

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht

Born:

February 10, 1898

Died:

August 14, 1956

Baal
Drums in the Night
The Beggar
A Respectable Wedding
Driving Out a Devil
Lux in Tenebris
The Catch
Mysteries of a Barbershop
In the Jungle of Cities
The Life of Edward II of England
Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatzer
Man Equals Man (aka A Man’s A Man)
The Elephant Calf
Little Mahagonny
The Threepenny Opera
The Flight across the Ocean (aka Lindbergh’s Flight)

The Baden-Baden Lesson on Consent

Happy End

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

He Said Yes / He Said No

The Decision/The Measures Taken

Saint Joan of the Stockyards

The Exception and the Rule

The Mother

Kuhle Wampe

The Seven Deadly Sins

Round Heads and Pointed Heads

The Horatians and the Curiatians

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

Señora Carrar’s Rifles

Life of Galileo

How Much Is Your Iron?

Dansen

Mother Courage and Her Children

The Trial of Lucullus

The Judith of Shimoda

Mr Puntila and his Man Matti

The Good Person of Szechwan

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Hangmen Also Die!

The Visions of Simone Machard

The Duchess of Malfi

Schweik in the Second World War

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Antigone

The Days of the Commune

The Tutor

The Condemnation of Lucullus

Report from Herrnburg

Coriolanus

The Trial of Joan of Arc of Proven

Turandot

Don Juan

Trumpets and Drums

Scripts, Videos, and More

Books

Brecht Collected Plays

Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic

Videos

Theater of War

Merchandise

Awards and Reviews

1977 Tony Award Nominations

Best Original Score - Happy End

1970 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Lyrics - Mahagonny

1963 Tony Award Nominations

Best Play - Mother Courage and Her Children

Your Reviews: Do You Love Him or Loathe Him?

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