Bertolt Brecht; Eric and Maja Bentley [translators]
Parables for the Theater: Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht (the Good Woman of Setzuan and the Caucasian Chalk Circle)
Minneapolis , University of Minnesota Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition containing two plays by Bertolt Brecht, complete with the smart unclipped dust wrapper. The uncommon first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Published for the first time in any language are these two plays by acclaimed German theatre practitioner, playwright and poet, Bertolt Brecht, 'The Good Woman of Setzuan' and 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle&apos. With English translations and introduction by British-born American theatre critic Eric Bentley and his first wife, Maja. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with rubbing to the extremities. Dust wrapper is chipped to the top edge of the wrap, with minor losses to the spine tail and bottom of joints. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with spotting to the endpapers and a small contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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Keywords: Parables for the Theater: Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht Eric and Maja Bentley The Good Woman of Setzuan The Caucasian Chalk Circle Eric and Maja Bentley None