Brecht's Life of Galileo
1943 · Work
Written in Danish exile and premiered in Zurich, Brecht's play turns Galileo's recantation into a question about science, power and the cost of cowardice.
On these timelines: Arts and Thoughts, Master, Germany, Italy (post-476 CE)
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