When his hopes about the rise of Cardinal Barberini are dashed, the title character of this play is forced to work at night and hide his papers inside a hollow globe until he can give them to his apprentice Andrea.
One character in this play responds to his student's observation about lands without heroes by telling him to pity the land that needs heroes. Its title character is mocked during a carnival scene as one of the giant puppets in a show. In this play, Ludovico Marsili breaks off his eight year engagement with the title character's daughter Virginia. After angering the university curator Priuli, the protagonist of this work moves in with Mrs. Sarti. When his hopes about the rise of Cardinal Barberini are dashed, the title character of this play is forced to work at night and hide his papers inside a hollow globe until he can give them to his apprentice Andrea. The protagonist of this work becomes blind through his research and loses all of his disciples by recanting to avoid torture, but eventually completes his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. For 10 points, name this Bertolt Brecht play about an Italian astronomer.
One character in this play responds to his student's observation about lands without heroes by telling him to pity the land that needs heroes.
{Life} of {Galileo} [or {Leben des Galilei}]