Bertolt Brecht and the David Fragments (1919-1921)

This volume offers an examination of Brecht''s largely forgotten theatrical fragments of a life of David, written just after the Great War but prior to Brecht winning the Kleist Prize in 1922 and the acclaim that would launch his
extraordinary career. David J. Shepherd and Nicholas E. Johnson take as their starting point Brecht''s own diaries from the time, which offer a vivid picture of the young ...