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Bertolt Brecht Out Loud

Some of today’s most captivating poets perform Brecht’s funny, heartbreaking, personal, and political verse. 

 

FEATURING:

 

  • Malik Gaines
  • Ute Lemper (with pianist Andy Ezrin)
  • Paul Muldoon (with musician David Mansfield)
  • Amber Tamblyn

 

Though he is widely regarded as the greatest German playwright of the twentieth century, among English readers it is less known that all the while Bertolt Brecht was doing double duty as a poet. Touching on subjects from chess to war to sex, he composed more than 2,000 poems, though fewer than half were published in his lifetime.

 

Now award-winning translators David Constantine and Tom Kuhn have made 1,200 of Brecht’s poems available to English readers in The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht, the most comprehensive collection of his poetry to date. To celebrate this monumental achievement, contemporary poets will gather at the Library to read aloud and perform poems that illustrate his ever-lasting lust for life.

 

FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED
For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form one hour before the program.











When: Mon., Feb. 25, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave.
917-275-6975
Price: Free
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Some of today’s most captivating poets perform Brecht’s funny, heartbreaking, personal, and political verse. 

 

FEATURING:

 

  • Malik Gaines
  • Ute Lemper (with pianist Andy Ezrin)
  • Paul Muldoon (with musician David Mansfield)
  • Amber Tamblyn

 

Though he is widely regarded as the greatest German playwright of the twentieth century, among English readers it is less known that all the while Bertolt Brecht was doing double duty as a poet. Touching on subjects from chess to war to sex, he composed more than 2,000 poems, though fewer than half were published in his lifetime.

 

Now award-winning translators David Constantine and Tom Kuhn have made 1,200 of Brecht’s poems available to English readers in The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht, the most comprehensive collection of his poetry to date. To celebrate this monumental achievement, contemporary poets will gather at the Library to read aloud and perform poems that illustrate his ever-lasting lust for life.

 

FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED
For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form one hour before the program.

Buy tickets/get more info now