Saint Joan of the Stockyards

Bertolt Brecht

Bloomsbury Academic, 01.12.2010 - 160 Seiten

In this version of the story of Joan of Arc, Brecht transforms her into 'Joan Dark', a member of the 'Black Straw Hats' (a Salvation Army-like group) in twentieth century Chicago. The play charts Joan's battle with Pierpont Mauler, the unctuous owner of a meat-packing plant. Like her predecessor, Joan is a doomed woman, a martyr and (initially, at least) an innocent in a world of strike-breakers, fat cats, and penniless workers. Like many of Brecht's plays it is laced with humor and songs as part of its epic dramaturgical structure.

The play, which was never staged in Brecht's lifetime, is published here with a new translation, a full introduction and Brecht's own notes on the text.

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This wasn’t what I had expected. This is a bizarre tale of a charismatic roustabout, think Andy Griffith as Lonesome Roads. He swims in an endless ocean of brandy, his stupor affords him the carnal ...

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Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose work has had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include Mother Courage and Her Children, The Threepenny Opera, Life of Galileo, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Bibliografische Informationen

• Titel: Saint Joan of the Stockyards; Modern Plays
• Autor/in: Bertolt Brecht
• Übersetzt von: Ralph Manheim
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010
• Original von: University of California
• Digitalisiert: 1. Juli 2008
• ISBN: 0413653307, 9780413653307
• Länge: 160 Seiten