{"product_id":"brecht-on-performance-messingkauf-and-modelbooks-paperback-3","title":"Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarc Silberman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks\u003c\/i\u003e presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings for directors and theatre practitioners, and is suitable for acting schools, directors, actors, students and teachers of Theatre Studies. Through these texts Brecht provides a general practical approach to acting and to realising texts for the stage that crystallises and makes concrete many of the more theoretical aspects of his other writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume is in two parts. The first features an entirely new commentated edition of Brecht's dialogues and essays about the practice of theatre, known as the \u003ci\u003eMessingkauf\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eBuying Brass\u003c\/i\u003e, including the 'Practice Pieces' for actors (rehearsal scenes for classics by Shakespeare and Schiller). The second contains rehearsal and production records from Brecht's work on productions of\u003ci\u003e Life of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by an international team of Brecht scholars and including an essay by director and teacher Di Trevis examining the practical application of these texts for theatres and actors today, \u003ci\u003eBrecht on Performance\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully rich resource. The text is illustrated with over 30 photographs from the \u003ci\u003eModelbooks\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertolt 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera \u003c\/i\u003eand, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Cou\u003c\/i\u003er\u003ci\u003eage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336599912697,"sku":"9781408154557","price":86.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xBCb7Ixx_N9781408154557_d1a1a4fa-3fb8-4e8f-a76e-7c404a13a8ae.webp?v=1769667858","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/brecht-on-performance-messingkauf-and-modelbooks-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}