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Brecht on Science
The Play
Plot Synopsis
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Scene Breakdown
Themes
Annotated Script
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Characters
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
Scene 6
Scene 7
Scene 8
Scene 9
Scene 10
Scene 11
Scene 12
Scene 13
Scene 14
Scene 15
The Playwright
His Life
His Work
Chronology of His Life and Work
Brechtian Glossary
Production History
Premiere of Each Version
Other Notable Productions
Historical Context
Galileo's Italy
Brecht's Germany
Primary and Secondary Sources
Period Documents
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The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre
A Short Organum for the Theatre
Foreward c. 1939/Foreward c. WWII
Unvarnished Picture of a New Age
Praise or Condemnation of Galileo?
Prologue to the American Production
Epilogue of the Scientists
A Hippocratic Oath for Scientists
Notes on Individual Scenes
Critical Essays
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Life of Galileo: between contemplation and the command to participate
The Mirror, the Beaker and the Touchstone, or, What Can Literature Do for Science?
Conceptual Essays
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Science, Conscience, and Bombs
Critique of Impure Reason II: Sin, Science, and Society
Science and War/Science, Technology, and War
Quotations
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From "Brecht on Theater: The Development of an Aesthetic"
From "Life of Galileo"
Other Relevant Quotes
Image Gallery
Production Photos
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Laughton 1947
Berliner Ensemble 1957
Teatro Piccolo di Milano 1963
People's Art Theater 1979
National Theatre 1980
National Theatre 2006
Cleveland Playhouse 2011
Classic Stage Company 2012
Miscellaneous
Historical Figures
Italy in the Early 17th Century
Renaissance Art
Maps
Diagrams, Models & Instruments
Brueghel's Peasant Scenes
Science
Life of Galileo
Historical Context
Galileo's Italy
Brecht's Germany