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In 1922 while still living in Munich, Brecht came to the attention of an influential Berlin critic, Herbert Ihering: "At 24 the writer Bert Brecht has changed Germany's literary complexion overnight"—he enthused in his review of Brecht's first play to be produced, Drums in the Night—"[he] has given our time a new tone, a new melody, a new ...
Jul 25, 2023 · The reception of Brecht’s promising creative work in the Weimar Republic was fatefully interrupted during the Third Reich (1933–1945), and after his death in 1956 the Cold War divide that sundered Germany also split the reception of his works along ideological lines that created blinders and filters on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Oct 31, 2017 · “At age 24 Bert Brecht has changed Germany’s literary complexion overnight,” wrote the Berlin critic Herbert Ihering in his review of Brecht’s first produced play, Drums in the Night ...
The influential Berlin critic, Herbert Jhering, declared that this play had changed the literary complexion of Germany overnight and, on the strength of it, awarded Brecht the coveted Kleist Prize for the most promising young dramatist of 1922.
- Ronald Speirs
- 1982
Mar 22, 2019 · "At 24, the writer Bert Brecht has changed Germany's literary complexion overnight," wrote one influential Berlin critic at the time of the rising star. Brecht's lyrics set to music by Kurt...
Jun 2, 2013 · In 1922 while still living in Munich, Brecht came to the attention of an influential Berlin critic, Herbert Ihering (de): “At 24 the writer Bert Brecht has changed Germany’s literary complexion overnight”—he enthused in his review of Brecht’s first play to be produced, Drums in the Night—”[he] has given our time a new tone, a new ...
Not only did Brecht create ceaselessly; we, his friends, were encouraged to artistic activity… For his part, Brecht willingly accepted from us ideas and suggestions for changes in his own work… Even at this early stage there were the first signs of co-operative work, in which of course Brecht took the undisputed lead.”
