Willett, John 1917-2002

Collected plays by Bertolt Brecht( Book )

100 editions published between 1965 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 2,565 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Brecht on theatre : the development of an aesthetic by Bertolt Brecht( Book )

95 editions published between 1964 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 2,138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This selection from Brecht's notes and theoretical writing is meant to give English-language readers the main texts and set these in chronological order so as to show how his ideas evolved, gradually forming a quite personal aesthetic which applied to other spheres besides the theater. Too often the theory is treated as if it were a coherent whole which sprang from Brecht's head ready-made. The endless working and re-working which it underwent, the nagging at a particular notion until it could be fitted in, the progress from an embryo to an often very differently formulated final concept, the amendments and after-thoughts; all this is something that tends to be overlooked. The translation tries to convey the flavour to Brecht's style as it too evolved, from the aggressiveness of the first essays to the slightly forced formality of some of his late pronouncements."--Introduction

The theatre of Bertolt Brecht : a study from eight aspects by John Willett( Book )

118 editions published between 1947 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 1,715 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This study of Brecht's theatre from eight different aspects was first published in 1959. The book aims to explain the difficult aspects of his ideology and political leanings in a straightforward manner. It traces his stylistic development as a playwright and stage director through each of his major plays and explains his evolving notion of epic theatre within the political and social climate of the 1920s, Marxism, Nazism and post-war Communism

The Weimar years : a culture cut short by John Willett( Book )

51 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Weimar Repbulic - German Expressionism - Fauvism - Cubism - Futurism - Dada - De Stijl - 'Mertz' movement_

Poems, 1913-1956 by Bertolt Brecht( Book )

35 editions published between 1976 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Expressionism by John Willett( Book )

32 editions published between 1970 and 1978 in 4 languages and held by 1,023 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Art and politics in the Weimar period : the new sobriety, 1917-1933 by John Willett( Book )

21 editions published between 1978 and 1996 in English and German and held by 1,014 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The period between the end of World War I and Hitler's accession to power witnessed an unprecedented cultural explosion that embraced the whole of Europe but was, above all, centered in Germany. John Willett here provides a brilliant explanation of the aesthetic and political currents which made Germany the focal point of a new, down-to-earth, socially committed cultural movement that drew a significant measure of inspiration from revolutionary Russia and left-wing social thought, American technology, and the devastating experience of war."--Back cover

Diaries 1920-1922 by Bertolt Brecht( Book )

13 editions published between 1975 and 1987 in English and German and held by 906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brecht in context : comparative approaches by John Willett( Book )

30 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a revised edition of John Willett's classic study, published for the centenary of Berthold Brecht's birth. Willett sets in context not only Brecht the theatre practitioner, but also Brecht the writer and man of his time

The theatre of Erwin Piscator by John Willett( Book )

26 editions published between 1978 and 1986 in English and German and held by 790 WorldCat member libraries worldwide