The title character of one of his plays is described as a "Bible-killer" by Florentine singers anddisappoints Andrea Sarti by recanting his beliefs.
The title character of one of his plays is described as a "Bible-killer" by Florentine singers anddisappoints Andrea Sarti by recanting his beliefs. In another of his dramas, the protagonist'sunfailing charity is rewarded with the money to purchase a tobacco shop, but the stress of runningthe shop causes her to invent an assertive male persona named (*) Shui Ta. This author of Life ofGalileo employed the "distancing effect" in a play in which Yvette Pottier sings the "Fraternization Song".Swiss Cheese dies in that play, whose other characters include Kattrin, Eilif, and the title war profiteer. For10 points, name this German author of The Good Person of Setzuan and Mother Courage and Her Children.
The title character of one of his plays is described as a "Bible-killer" by Florentine singers anddisappoints Andrea Sarti by recanting his beliefs.
Bertolt Brecht [or Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht]