Title: Life of Galileo /
Authors: Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956; Willett, John.; Manheim, Ralph, 1907-1992.; Willett, John, 1917-; Willett, John, 1917-2002.
Publisher: Arcade Pub.,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, Drama.
Abstract: Dramatizes the effect of Galileo's extraordinary discoveries on those around him, and the choice he had to make when accused of heresy by the Inquisition for stating that the earth revolved around the sun.
Contents: TEXTS BY BRECHT -- The Life of Galileo is not a tragedy -- Portrayal of the Church -- Three notes on the character of Galileo -- Drafts for a forward to Life of Galileo -- Unvarnished picture of a new age -- Praise or condemnation of Galileo? -- Prologue to the American production -- Epilogue of the scientists -- Noets on individual scenes -- Building up a part: Laughton's Galileo -- Note of two conversations with Caspar Neher about Life of Galileo