Life of Galileo”
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ISBN: 9780413577801
Author: Bertolt Brecht
Publication Date: 1/8/2006
Number of Pages: 192
In John Willett’s translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author’s life and work, historical and political bacround to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases
The figure of Galileo, whose ”heretical” discoveries about the solar system brought him to the attention of the Inquisition, is one Brecht”s most 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. ”One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century” (Observer)’
