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This edition first published in Great Britain in 1994 by Methuen Drama
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Reissued with a new cover 1998
The Good Person of Szechwan first published in this translation in Great Britain by Methuen in
hardback 1962; in paperback 1965; new edition 1985
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Original work entitled Der gute Mensch von Sezuan © Bertolt-Brecht-Erben / Suhrkamp Verlag 1955
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui first published in this translation in Great Britain by
Eyre Methuen Ltd in hardback and paperback 1981
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Original work entitled Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui © Bertolt-Brecht-Erben/Suhrkamp Verlag 1957
Mr Puntila and his Man Matti first published in this translation in Great Britain by Methuen
London Ltd inhardback and paperback 1987.
This translation is a revised version of one originally published in Methuen’s Modern Plays series in 1977.
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Original work entitled Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti © Bertolt-Brecht-Erben/Suhrkamp Verlag 1951
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eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-6208-8
Bertolt Brecht: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder 6 Page 46
