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

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

"Brecht's only novel is, of course, based on his own Threepenny Opera, which was itself based on John Gay's The Beggar's Opera. Set in Victorian London, the nov

In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. The mice are scratching between walls, the pigeons are diseased and the foxes are beginning to rule t

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