Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays includeThe Threepenny Opera,Fear and Misery of the Third Reich,The Life of Galileo,Mother Courage and Her ChildrenandThe Caucasian Chalk Circle.

David Constantinewas for thirty years a university teacher of German language and literature. He has published several volumes of poetry, includingNine Fathom Deep; also a novel,Davies,and three collections of short stories, includingThe Shieling.He is a translator and editor ofHolderlin, Goethe, KleistandBrecht.His translation of Goethe'sFaustwas published by Penguin. With his wife Helen he editsModern Poetry in Translation.

David Constantinewas for thirty years a university teacher of German language and literature. He has published several volumes of poetry, includingNine Fathom Deep; also a novel,Davies,and three collections of short stories, includingThe Shieling.He is a translator and editor ofHolderlin, Goethe, KleistandBrecht.His translation of Goethe'sFaustwas published by Penguin. With his wife Helen he editsModern Poetry in Translation.