30. Brecht and the American Left

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. I. Prologue to American Exile
6. 1. Brecht And America — The New Atlantis 3
7. 2. Newyork, 1935 6
8. 3. "Changing Countries More Often Than Shoes" 21
9. 4. Culture shock 30
10. II. Brecht and Hollywood
11. 5. "Spellyourname" 43
12. 6. Playing "Roulette" With Film Stories 48
13. 7. A Qualified Winner - The Film Hangmenalso Die 58
14. 8. More hollywood roulette 72
15. 9. Film-Writing Till the End 80
16. III. The Difficult Brecht
17. 10. Obdurategenius 89
18. IV. Brecht and the American Theater
19. 11. Building Up to Broadway 99
20. 12. Hope, Frustration, and Schweyk in the Second World War 108
21. 13. Broadway and the Caucasian Chalk Circle 121
22. 14. Off-Broadway, 1945: The Private Life of the Master Race 132
23. 15. Broadwayandbust, 1946: The Duchess of Malfi 142
24. 16. "Organizing His Fame"— Miscellaneous Dramatic Activities 151
25. 17. Charles Laughton And Galileo— Acting as a Mode of Translating 167
26. 18. More Galileos 174
27. 19. Galileo at Last 184
28. V. Brecht and Feelings
29. 20. Tough tenderness 205
30. 21. Brecht and Peter Lorre 210
31. 22. Ferdinand Reyher 215
32. 23. Brecht's Women 221
33. VI. The Charismatic Brecht
34. 24. Collaboration with Brecht 235
35. 25. Young American Disctples 241
36. VII. Brecht and the Germans
37. 26. "Where I am is Germany" - The Refugee Ghetto 251
38. 27. Brecht, Thomas Mann, and Germany 263
39. VIII. The Ideological Brecht
40. 28. Anti-Fascist Political Activities 273
41. 29. Anti-Fascist Writings 282
42. 30. Brecht and the American Left 288
43. IX. The Last Act in America
44. 31. The promise of Europe 309
45. 32. Brecht Before "Huac" 314
46. X. Epilogue
47. 33. America Before and After 341
48. A Word on Sources 349
49. Notes 353
50. Published Works Consulted 385
51. Selected Bibliography of Brecht's Works in English 395
52. Index 397