Life of Galileo
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated by John Willett ; edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim
Contributors: Willett, John, 1917-2002; Manheim, Ralph, 1907-1992
Series: Methuen modern plays; Methuen modern plays
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Drama; Inquisition
Work titles: Leben des Galilei
Description: This play depicts the Renaissance scientist Galilei Galileo in a brutal struggle for freedom from authoritarian dogma. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo comes in conflict with the Inquisition.
Notes: This translation originally published: London: Eyre Methuen 1980.

Translated from the German.