Brecht-TheMeasuresTaken
'Works of Bertolt Brecht
BERTOTT BRECHT
published by
Arcade
Baal
Tbe Ca.ucøsian Cbalk Circle
Collected Stories
Tbe Good Person of Szecbuan
Tbe Good Person of Szecbutan, Motber Coura.ge and Her
Cbildren, and Fear ønd Mísery of tbe Tl¡ird Reicl¡
LrÍe of Ga.lileo
The Measures Taken and Other Lehrstücke
The Measures Taken
Translated frorn tbe German by Cad
Lrfe oÍ Galileo, Tbe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, andTbe Caucasian Cbalk Circle
Man Equals Man andTl¡e Elepbønt Calf
R.
Mueiler
The Exception and the Rule
Tbe Measures Thken and Otber Lel¡rstücke
Transl.atedfrom tl¡e Gerrnøn by Ratplt Manlteim
Motber Courage and Her Cbild,ren
He'Who
Motber Courøge and Her Cbildren, adapted by David Hare
Transl'a'ted
Says
yes/He'S7ho Says No
frorn tbe Gerrnan b1t worngang sauerrande
Mr Puntila. and His Man Matti
Tbe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Edited by John VØillett and Ralph Manheim
Tbe Rise and Fall ol tbe Cíty of Mabagonny andTbe Seuen Dead.ly Síns of tbe Petly Bourgeoisie
Saint Joan of tbe Stocþtørds
in tbe SecondWorldwar andTbeVisions
Simone Macbard
Scbu.tøyk
Tbe Tbreepenny Opera
Tbe Threepenrry Opera, Baal, andTbe Motber
of
m
ARCADE PUBUSHING. NEW YORK
Introductory Note
The Lehrstück or Learning-Play
Tbe folloating note is eæcerpted from on esso! by Brecht on 'Tbe Gerrta¡t
D¡ama: pte-Hitlet', pablkhed in Englisb i¡ l*ft Review, Londot, lttllt 1936.
Tlte full text appeaîs iz Brecht on Theatre, nanslated aad edited by lobn
Willett, Methuen, I 964.
Briefly the aristotelian play is essentially static; ia t¿sk is to show the world as it is. The learninfpley ll-ehrstückl is essentially dynartic; its task is to show the world as it changes (and also how it may be changcd). tt is e common truism among the producers and writers of the former type of play that the audience, once it is in the theatre, is not a number of individuals but a collcctive individual, a mob, which
BERTOTT BRECHT
published by
Arcade
Baal
Tbe Ca.ucøsian Cbalk Circle
Collected Stories
Tbe Good Person of Szecbuan
Tbe Good Person of Szecbutan, Motber Coura.ge and Her
Cbildren, and Fear ønd Mísery of tbe Tl¡ird Reicl¡
LrÍe of Ga.lileo
The Measures Taken and Other Lehrstücke
The Measures Taken
Translated frorn tbe German by Cad
Lrfe oÍ Galileo, Tbe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, andTbe Caucasian Cbalk Circle
Man Equals Man andTl¡e Elepbønt Calf
R.
Mueiler
The Exception and the Rule
Tbe Measures Thken and Otber Lel¡rstücke
Transl.atedfrom tl¡e Gerrnøn by Ratplt Manlteim
Motber Courage and Her Cbild,ren
He'Who
Motber Courøge and Her Cbildren, adapted by David Hare
Transl'a'ted
Says
yes/He'S7ho Says No
frorn tbe Gerrnan b1t worngang sauerrande
Mr Puntila. and His Man Matti
Tbe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Edited by John VØillett and Ralph Manheim
Tbe Rise and Fall ol tbe Cíty of Mabagonny andTbe Seuen Dead.ly Síns of tbe Petly Bourgeoisie
Saint Joan of tbe Stocþtørds
in tbe SecondWorldwar andTbeVisions
Simone Macbard
Scbu.tøyk
Tbe Tbreepenny Opera
Tbe Threepenrry Opera, Baal, andTbe Motber
of
m
ARCADE PUBUSHING. NEW YORK
Introductory Note
The Lehrstück or Learning-Play
Tbe folloating note is eæcerpted from on esso! by Brecht on 'Tbe Gerrta¡t
D¡ama: pte-Hitlet', pablkhed in Englisb i¡ l*ft Review, Londot, lttllt 1936.
Tlte full text appeaîs iz Brecht on Theatre, nanslated aad edited by lobn
Willett, Methuen, I 964.
Briefly the aristotelian play is essentially static; ia t¿sk is to show the world as it is. The learninfpley ll-ehrstückl is essentially dynartic; its task is to show the world as it changes (and also how it may be changcd). tt is e common truism among the producers and writers of the former type of play that the audience, once it is in the theatre, is not a number of individuals but a collcctive individual, a mob, which