This is a book on the best known of the Weill-Brecht collaborations which explores the extent and significance of the composer's contribution. After a detailed

(Limelight). His best-known song is "Mack the Knife," with words by Bertolt Brecht, from The Threepenny Opera , first performed in Weimar Berlin in 1928. Five y

Considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, first published in 1983, is still recognized as the key history of the p

Times Literary Supplement • Books of the Year ("The most generous available English collection of Brecht’s poetry.") A landmark literary event, The Collecte

This fascinating portrait of two of the most brilliant theater artists of the twentieth century—and the women who made their work possible—is set against th