{"product_id":"jungle-of-cities-and-other-plays-by-bertolt-brecht","title":"'Jungle of Cities and Other Plays' by Bertolt Brecht","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThese are less tidy and more volatile than Brecht’s later canonical plays.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir contradictions are part of the attraction: Marxism collides with nihilism, satire with melodrama, and political analysis with the sheer theatrical pleasure of watching a social order misbehave.  It's abrasive, expressionist, politically unstable and fascinated by people who turn conflict into a private religion. Across \u003cem\u003eIn the Jungle of Cities\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDrums in the Night\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRoundheads and Peakheads\u003c\/em\u003e, capitalism appears less as an abstract system than as a pressure entering speech, desire, family life and the nervous system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA useful volume for readers interested in Brecht’s development, interwar European theatre and the stage as a machine for making ideology visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrove Press, Evergreen Black Cat edition, 1966 third printing. Vintage paperback with tanning, rubbing and general shelf wear; binding sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45910492053587,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-05at12.37.57pm.png?v=1785897499","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/jungle-of-cities-and-other-plays-by-bertolt-brecht","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}