Life Of Galileo
Title | Life Of Galileo PDF eBook |
Author | Bertolt Brecht |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2015-02-13 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1408160919 |
This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventually helping to smuggle his writings out of the country. As an examination of the problems that face not only the scientist but also the whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with the requirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileo was first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a version jointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the title role. Printed here is the complete translation by John Willett.
The Life of Galileo
Title | The Life of Galileo PDF eBook |
Author | Bertolt Brecht |
Publisher | Methuen Drama |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Galileo
Title | Galileo PDF eBook |
Author | Clarice Swisher |
Publisher | Greenhaven Press, Incorporated |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780737706703 |
Because of Galileo's courageous campaign to change the methods of doing science, physicist Albert Einstein called him "the father of modern physics--indeed, of modern science altogether." A devout Catholic who wanted the church to maintain its authority and wisdom, Galileo worked tirelessly to persuade the church authorities to stop insisting that the sun revolved around a stationary earth, when there was evidence to prove otherwise. Galileo's persistence led to the Inquisition trying and sentencing him for heresy in 1633.
Life Of Galileo
Title | Life Of Galileo PDF eBook |
Author | Bertolt Brecht |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2015-04-23 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 147253803X |
Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventually helping to smuggle his writings out of the country. As an examination of the problems that face not only the scientist but also the whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with the requirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileo was first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a version jointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the title role. Printed here is the complete translation by Brecht scholar John Willett. The much shorter Laughton version is also included in full as an appendix, along with Brecht's own copious notes on the play making this the most trusted scholarly edition of the text.
A Life of Galileo
Title | A Life of Galileo PDF eBook |
Author | Bertolt Brecht |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 94 |
Release | 2013-05-09 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1472508033 |
Arguably Brecht's greatest play, A Life of Galileo charts the seventeenth century scientist's extraordinary fight with the church over his assertion that the earth orbits the sun. The figure of Galileo, whose 'heretical' discoveries about the solar system brought him to the attention of the Inquisition, is one of Brecht's more human and complex creations. Temporarily silenced by the Inquisition's threat of torture, and forced to abjure his theories publicly, Galileo continues to work in private, eventually smuggling his work out of the country. Brecht's beautiful depiction of the explosive struggle between scientific discovery and religious fundamentalism is captured masterfully in this new translation by RSC writer-in-residence, Mark Ravenhill.
Galileo
Title | Galileo PDF eBook |
Author | Bertolt Brecht |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780802130594 |
Dramatizes Galileo's conflict with the church over his assertion that the Earth revolves around the sun.
Bertolt Brecht Collected Plays
Title | Bertolt Brecht Collected Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Bertolt Brecht |
Publisher | |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | German drama |
ISBN | 9780413390707 |