The good person of Sichuan
Subtitle: a parable play (a version made for the National Theatre, based on the Santa Monica version, 1943)
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Michael Hofmann.
Contributors: Hofmann, Michael.
Series: Methuen modern play; Methuen modern plays
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 1989
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 86
Work titles: Gute Mensch von Sezuan.
Description: Published specifically for a National Theatre production, this translation of Bertolt's drama, a parable of good and evil, is the tale of Shen Te, a prostitute who must invent and impersonate a ruthless male cousin in order not to be bankrupted and ruined by greedy neighbours.
Notes: Translation of: Der gute Mensch von Sezuan.