The Life of Galileo (Library Edition Audio CDs) (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections)
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580813798 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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E.C. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.. A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Neil Dickson, Roy Dotrice, Jeannie Elias, Jill Gascoine, Stacy Keach, Peter Lavin, Robert Machray, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Alan Shearman, Simon Templeman, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Wolf. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science themed plays. Straight from London's National Theatre to L.A. Theatre Works! Unrelenting in his search for ""simple truth"" Galileo Galilei shatters beliefs held sacred for two thousand years. Krupp, Director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. The Life of Galileo is part of L.A. This American premier, translated by David Hare and directed by Martin Jarvis, stars Stacy Keach and features an interview with Dr. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. But, under threat of torture by the Holy Inquisition, his scientific and personal integrity are put to the test as he argues for his very life in a passionate debate over science, politics, religion and ethics that resonates to this day
. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a c
Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)
A great Social/Political Satire Christopher J. Sugar Bertolt Brecht's "the Life of Galileo" is perhaps one of his best known plays which came to define the Epic Drama genre of the 20th century. Written in America after Brecht fled the Nazi uprising in Germany, "the Life of Galileo" takes a bold stance about science and scientific discovery in a time when Atomic Theory and the development of an Atomic Bomb were making people consider what may happen when something goo. A Customer said Eating the apple from the tree of knowledge.. In a pleasant and intertaining discription of the life of Galileo, Bertolt Brecht explores not only the advancement of our knowledge of the earth but more important the role of the church during the time period.. "Nothing but the Sun" according to Thanthon. Galileo's story is well known. Brecht writing decades ago in the shadow of WWII realizes the human frailties implicit in ignorance,bias, exercise of power and misplaced religious belief in this short and vivid work. Galileo plays several roles in Brecht's view, but none more important than that of surviving in order that his ideas could survive. I am reminded of John Ciardi's observation: "To sing, one must hide in