A character in this play quotes a poem which claims it is not much use to warm a single body, and that it would be better to have a rug ten thousand feet long. That character in this play pays 20 silver dollars for walnut shelves worth much more, and ignores the carpenter when he asks to do business with his cousin instead. The protagonist of this work buys a tobacco shop with the rent she receives for one night's lodging, and is the only person to help the water-seller (*) Wang at the beginning of the play. After being
A character in this play quotes a poem which claims it is not much use to warm a single body, and that it would be better to have a rug ten thousand feet long. That character in this play pays 20 silver dollars for walnut shelves worth much more, and ignores the carpenter when he asks to do business with his cousin instead. The protagonist of this work buys a tobacco shop with the rent she receives for one night's lodging, and is the only person to help the water-seller (*) Wang at the beginning of the play. After being arrested for his murder, it is revealed that the protagonist's cousin was invented by her as a self-interested male alter ego to help her survive in the town, and the Illustrious Ones realize that they have prevented Shen Te from becoming the title entity. For 10 points, name this play in which Shen Teh struggles to maintain an ethical life in a certain Chinese city, by Bertolt Brecht.
A character in this play quotes a poem which claims it is not much use to warm a single body, and that it would be better to have a rug ten thousand feet long.
The Good Woman of Setzuan [or The Good Person of Szechwan; or Der gute Mensch von Sezuan]