The measures taken / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Carl R. Mueller.

Author/creator Brecht, Bertolt author.
Other author Mueller, Carl Richard, translator.
Other author Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentDrama online

Uniform titleMaßnahme. English
Summary 'The Measures Taken', first produced in 1930 in the Grosses Schauspielhaus, Berlin, is a didactic parable showing how dedication to an idealist cause sometimes does not leave room for a response to individual suffering. Four 'Agitators' describe how they were forced to kill a 'Young Comrade' because of his susceptibility to pity and compromise. The didactic Lehrstc̈ke (or 'learning-plays') were written during 1929 and 1930, and show an abrupt rejection of most of the trappings of conventional theatre.
General noteThis translation previously issued in print: in The measures taken and other Lehrstücke. London: Methuen, 1977.
General noteTranslated from the German.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 4, 2014).
Genre/formDrama.
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9781408163160.00000004

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