The good person of Szechwan /
Bertolt Brecht ; translated by John Willett ; edited and introduced by John Willett and Ralph Manheim.
- London : Methuen Drama, 2000.
- xii, 147p. ; 20 cm.
- Methuen modern plays .
This translation originally published: 1985.
The Good Person of Szechwan is a parable by Bertold Brecht which conveys the message that, in aggressive and unjust societies, good can only survive by evil means. It was written in 1939-41, when Brecht was in Scandinavia in flight from the Nazis.