The Good Woman of Setzuan

author:	Bertolt Brecht (1953)
date read:	2011-02-01
pages:	112
lists:	german, stage-play
rating:	★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of The Good Woman of Setzuan.

Brecht telling you about circumstances forcing people into immoral deeds. It’s peak communist Brecht, and thus unreadable and overall very annoying.

Cover of The Visit.

The Visit

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt · published 1962 · read 2009-01-01

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Dürrenmatt tackles the exact same topic, ten years later and with a wildly different approach.

Cover of Stories of Mr. Keuner.

Stories of Mr. Keuner

by Bertolt Brecht · published 1958 · read 2011-11-01

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Also the annoyingly teaching Brecht, in prose.

Cover of The Threepenny Opera.

The Threepenny Opera

by Bertolt Brecht · published 1928 · read 2011-04-01

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Back when Brecht was less educational and fun.