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COUNTING THE WAYS
Image credit: Alan McGuire By Jim Aitken How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. An obscene ogre with that lethal combinationof ignorance and arrogance.A…
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As a new production of Bertolt Brecht’s antiwar masterpiece Mother Courage and her Children is to open at London’s Globe Theatre in May 2026, this two-part article reflects on the work of the great socialist theatre artist and his legacies in contemporary Britain.
The Socialist Theatre of Bertolt Brecht and his Legacy Today (Part 1/2)
As a new production of Bertolt Brecht’s antiwar masterpiece Mother Courage and her Children is to open at London’s Globe Theatre in May 2026, this two-part article reflects on the work of the great socialist theatre artist and his legacies in contemporary Britain.
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