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Berliner Ensemble 1957 – Piccolo Teatro 1963. Science in the reception of Brecht’s Galileo as from the press reviews on both stagings

March 21, 2006 | Public Programs
The article reports the outcome of an analysis of the reception of Bertolt Brecht’s play, "The Life of Galileo", as presented by Giorgio Strehler (Milan, 1963) and Brecht himself in collaboration with Erich Engel (East Berlin, 1957), carried out on respective press reviews. The reviews were examined by the application of quantitative analysis based on the recurrence of determinate themes associated with images of science. In comparing the results of the analysis of each of the two press reviews, it appears that different images were conveyed by the same play performed in two different contexts for different audiences. Italy, in particular, showed a more frequent recurrence of the conflict between science and religion as a result of the ongoing cultural and spiritual authority of the Church, whereas in the German Democratic Republic’s communist regime, where Brecht is a troublesome but tolerated intellectual, the topics of the scientist’s freedom within the Establishment and intellectual courage were more frequent.

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  • Francesco Cuomo
    Author
    University of Naples
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1824-2049
    Publication Name: Journal of Science Communication
    Volume: 5
    Number: 1
    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: History/policy/law | Space science
    Audience: Administration/Leadership/Policymakers | General Public | Scientists
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Theater Programs

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