The rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman
Contributors: Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973, translator; Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975, translator
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Work titles: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Description: 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.
Notes: Translated from the German.