Berliner Ensemble Adaptations

This volume contains Brecht''s post-1950 adaptations of world dramatic classics for the Berliner Ensemble. Brecht''s remodeled versions show all of the great dramatist''s characteristic preoccupations: hatred of personal greatness, admiration of the people and hatred of war unless waged on behalf of the people who, to him, were the embodiment of wisdom and good sense.

The Tutor is a 1950s adaptati...