The good person of Szechwan
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated by John Willett
Contributors: Willett, John, 1917-2002, translator
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Good and evil; Drama
Work titles: Gute Mensch von Sezuan
Description: Brecht's famous parable pivots around a moral paradox - that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. Through the sharply split personality of the central character Shen Teh / Shui Ta Brecht points to the impossibility of living anything like a 'good' life in a corrupted and persistently exploitative world. 'The Good Person of Szechwan' was first performed in Zurich in 1943.
Notes: This translation previously issued in print: London: Methuen Drama, 2009.

Translated from the German.