The measures taken
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Carl R. Mueller
Contributors: Mueller, Carl Richard, translator; Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Work titles: Ma€nahme
Description: 'The Measures Taken', first produced in 1930 in the Grosses Schauspielhaus, Berlin, is a didactic parable showing how dedication to an idealist cause sometimes does not leave room for a response to individual suffering. Four 'Agitators' describe how they were forced to kill a 'Young Comrade' because of his susceptibility to pity and compromise. The didactic Lehrstc̈ke (or 'learning-plays') were written during 1929 and 1930, and show an abrupt rejection of most of the trappings of conventional theatre.
Notes: This translation previously issued in print: in The measures taken and other Lehrstücke. London: Methuen, 1977.

Translated from the German.