The rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny

The rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.

Author/creator	Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 author.
Other author/creator	Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 translator.
Other author/creator	Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 translator.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	London : Bloomsbury, [2015]
Copyright Notice	©2015
Description	1 online resource
Supplemental Content	Drama online

Uniform title	Aufstieg und fall der Stadt Mahagonny. English
Summary	A pivotal work in the genesis of Brecht's theory and practice of epic theatre, this is a classic of the twentieth-century avant-garde and represents his first major collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill. It premiered in Leipzig in 1930 where it provoked a major scandal. It chronicles the development and demise of the 'paradise city' of Mahagonny in a series of tableaux capturing the baser aspects of human nature.
General note	Translated from the German.
Source of description	Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 28, 2015).
Genre/form	Drama.
Standard identifier#	10.5040/9781408161418.40000001

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