Backed up by previously unpublished papers and interviews with Brecht's colleagues and lovers, this biography argues that Brecht was not in fact the author of the plays which have given him his iconic stature, and claims they were written in a sex-for-text scheme by his mistresses.
Details Brecht's personal life, and argues that his major plays were written mainly by Elizabeth Hauptmann and other uncredited collaborators
Detroit 1985 1st Wayne State. ISBN 0-8143-1788-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 254pp., cloth. Fine in VG DJ. Vol 12 only.
Peter Brook states "Brecht is the key figure of our time, and all theatre work today at some point starts or returns to his statements and achievement." In Beyond Brecht theatre practitioners, film-makes, and scholars assess the work of those who in their own creative work have absorbed Brecht and sought to move beyond him to create theatre, film, and song for the 1980s. From David Bowie's London Baal production to film in Switzerland, to engaged theatre in Calcutta, to the genius of Fo in Italy, the volume moves us beyond a Brecht fit for the museum, to a Brecht full of life for our turbulent time.
Bertolt Brecht, Ikone des 20. Jahrhunderts, wird in John Fuegis Biographie neu gewürdigt. Fuegi zeigt Brecht als ehrgeizigen und genialen Dichter und beleuchtet auch den "Brecht-Kreis", der maßgeblich zu seinem Werk beitrug. Die Biographie verknüpft Brechts Leben mit der Geschichte Deutschlands und Europas im 20. Jahrhundert.
Fortement contestée lors de sa parution (1994) aux Etats-Unis, cette biographie d'un éminent connaisseur de Brecht est presque un règlement de compte, presque une démolition. Se référant au sous-titre, il rétablit les droits d'auteur de ses femmes qui composèrent son oeuvre, il montre son inconséquence politique, il nie et ironise l'innovation théâtrale et présente l'homme comme un poète médiocre, malpropre et malodorant. Quoiqu'il en soit, un tableau de civilisation, une percée dans le monde dramaturgique et une remise en cause de l'époque.