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Title: "The Measures Taken" and Other Lehrstuecke: The Measures Taken / The Exception and the Rule / He Who Said Yes / He Who Said No (Methuen Modern Plays) by Bertolt Brecht, Carl R. Mueller, Ralph Manheim, Wolfgang Sauerlander ISBN: 0-413-37310-X Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd Pub. Date: 06 October, 1977 Format: Paperback

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: Plays with the quality of parables
Comment: "The Measures Taken and Other Lehrstucke," by Bertolt Brecht, brings together four theater pieces by this important German playwright. The book is edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim. Included is an introductory note entitled "The Lehrstuck or Learning-Play," which is excerpted from an essay by Brecht. The pieces in this book, all of which were written from 1929 to 1930, are as follows:

"The Measures Taken," translated by Carl R. Mueller, is the story of a group of Communist agitators from Moscow who go to spread ... in China. It's a compelling story about the conflict between idealism and doctrinal orthodoxy. "The Exception and the Rule," translated by Ralph Manheim, is about an expedition headed by an exploitative merchant. It's a story of greed, violence, and law. "He Who says Yes" and "He Who Says No," both translated by Wolfgang Sauerlander, are a linked pair of plays; each one tells the story of a young man's quest to get medicine for his ailing mother.

Overall, the plays have a very ritualized quality; three of them make use of a chorus. The stories told in these plays have the flavor of parables. Overall, I found these pieces very intriguing, particularly in a post-Cold war context.

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