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During the Nazi Germany period, Brecht fled his home country, first to Scandinavia, and during World War II to the United States, where he was surveilled by the FBI. After the war he was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Like few others, Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) are synonymous with the cultural innovation of the Weimar Republic. Most famously with their Die Dreigroschenoper, the duo represented everything that the Nazis declared its enemy.
Bertolt Brecht (born February 10, 1898, Augsburg, Germany—died August 14, 1956, East Berlin) was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and developed the drama as a social and ideological forum for leftist causes.
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- Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and d...
- Brecht created numerous plays and theatrical productions during his career, including Die Dreigroschenoper (1928; The Threepenny Opera), The Caucas...
- Brecht influenced the history of drama by creating epic theatre, which was based on the idea that the theatre should not seek to make its audience...
Billing The Seven Deadly Sins as a “ballet chanté” (a “sung ballet”), Weill offered the project to Jean Cocteau, who declined. James then pressured him to mend fences with Brecht. Weill called Brecht “one of the most repulsive, unpleasant characters on the face of the earth.”. Brecht, also a refugee, scoffed at James ...
During the postwar governments and then the Weimar Republic, Brecht met and began to work with Hanns Eisler—the composer with whom he shared the closest friendship throughout his life. He also met Helene Weigel, who would become his second wife and accompany him through exile and for the rest of his life.
Bertolt Brecht was born into a well-to-do middle class family in the Bavarian city of Augsburg where he grew up comfortably, like most children of his class. He had nearly finished secondary school, at the Königliches Realgymnasium, when World War I began.
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The Good Soldier Schweyk, who has survived World War I, battles to outlive World War II. Brecht sees in him the indestructible vitality of the people: the more oppressive the system, the more devious the defensive tactics.
