Galileo

ISBN: 0802130593

Author: Brecht, Bertolt

Condition: New

Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibility, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the demands of the Inquisition. Through the dramatic characterization of the famous physicist, Brecht examines the issues of scientific morality and the difficult relationship between the intellectual and authority. This version of the play is the famous one that was brought to completion by Brecht himself, working with Charles Laughton, who played Galileo in the first two American productions (Hollywood and New York, 1947). Since then the play has become a classic in the world repertoire. "The play which most strongly stamped on my mind a sense of Brecht's great stature as an artist of the modern theatre was Galileo." - Harold Clurman; "Thoughtful and profoundly sensitive." - Newsweek.

• 1948 Antique Copy of the Historical Text, giving it a dual value of antiquity, amplified by it's subject; one of the most infamous historical figures to this day | Perfect Condition, not a scratch or a bent page, truly a gem among books. | Bertolt Brecht's personal insight and biographical telling of a man known to all, who changed the way the world saw things, literally and figuritvely. | Yes, pun intended^ | Not only greatly detailed, this text vividly depicted a time in human history regarded as one of the most intriguing and fundamental towards our progression toward present day.