Additional Resources for The Good Person of Szechuan by Bertolt Brecht

The Good Person of Szechuan Further Reading

Fuegi, John. "The Alienated Woman: Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan, in Essays on Brecht: Theater and Politics, edited by Siegfried Mews and Herbert Knust, The University of North Carolina Press, 1974, pp. 190-96.

This essay explores the evolution of Brecht's ideas on The Good Person of Szechwan, and the prominent woman character, Shen Teh.

Kleber, Pia. Exceptions and Rules: Brecht, Planchon and The Good Person of Szechwan, Peter Lang, 1987.

This book describes the influence of Brecht on a Roger Planchon, a French director and playwright, including a discussion of his three different stagings of The Good Person of Szechwan.

Lyon, James K. Bertolt Brecht in America, Princeton University Press, 1980.

This is a critical biography of Brecht during his time in exile in the United States. Work on The Good Person of Szechwan was completed in this time period.

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