International Brecht Society

<body background="graphics/light.jpg"> <table border=0 cellpadding=5> <tr> <td width=160 background="graphics/dark.jpg">  <p><font face="Arial" color="Maroon" size="+2">Contents</font></p> <p> <a href="main2.html">Main</a><br> <a href="about.html">About this Site</a><br> <a href="announce.html">Announcements</a><br> <a href="archive.html" >IBS Archive</a><br> <a href="commun.html">Communications</a><br> <a href="yearbook.html">Yearbook</a><br> <a href="ensemble.html">Berliner Ensemble</a><br> <a href="biblio.html">Bibliography</a><br> <a href="chronology.html">Brecht Chronology</a><br> <a href="english.html">Brecht in English</a><br> <a href="links.html">Links</a><br> <a href="address.html">Addresses</a><br> <a href="membership.html">Membership</a><br> <a href="member.html">Member List</a><br>  <a href="suggest.html">Suggestion Box</a><br> </p> <td>  <table border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5><tr>  <td><img src="graphics/brecht.gif" width=175 height=140 border=0 alt="Picture of Bertolt Brecht" align=left></td> <td><p>The International Brecht Society Homepage is maintained as a service to scholars, critics, students, and theater people round the world who are interested in the works and thought of Brecht. Readers of the IBS website are encouraged to send announcements and information for posting. Please use the <a href="suggest.html">Suggestion Box</a> or email the website <a href="mailto:tfrippey@wisc.edu">Technical Supervisor</a>. Mail or faxes sent to the website <a href="mailto:mdsilber@wisc.edu">Managing Editor</a> will take significantly longer to post.</p></td> </tr></table> <p>The IBS was founded in 1970 on the model of Bertolt Brecht's own unrealized plans for a "Diderot Society". A non-profit, educational organization with a world-wide membership, the Society promotes the performance and understanding of Brecht's texts and addresses issues of politics and culture in contemporary life. It also encourages and supports local, national, and regional groups with related goals. In Brecht's spirit of collaborative work, the IBS hopes that this website will function as a clearinghouse, facilitating international contacts and exchange. It is committed to maintaining Brecht as a living force in the theater as well as in the political and cultural arenas, so that he remains - as he wished - an "unsettling presence". If you are interested in becoming a member of the IBS, <a href="membership.html" target="_top">click here</a>.</p> <p>For more information about the contents of this site, click <a href="about.html" target="main">About this Site</a>. Please use the menu bar to the left to navigate the IBS website.</p> <p>Space for this page has been provided courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison <a href="http://german.lss.wisc.edu/" target="_top"> German Department Homepage</a>.</p>  <table border=1 cellpadding=5 bgcolor="#ffffff" align=center> <tr> <td> <font color="#0000ff">Happy Birthday Helene Weigel!</font><br><br> On May 12, 2000, Helene Weigel would have been 100 years old. On the occasion of the centenary of her birth several new publications are forthcoming and the Academy of Arts in Berlin is planning an exhibit and a "birthday party" (click <a href="announce.html">here</a> for more info).<br><br> <a href="yearbook/toc25.html">Brecht Yearbook 25: Helene Weigel</a><br><br> New books on Weigel: see the Forthcoming Publications section of the IBS <a href="biblio.html#forth">Bibliography</a> page. <br> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p>  <p> </p>  <center> <table border=1 cellpadding=5 bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tr> <td> <p align=center><font face="arial" color="Maroon"><u>Latest News</u></font></p>  <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow">Check out new articles on <a href="articles/leder.html">Brecht in print</a> (from the Süddeutsche Zeitung) and on Tabori's "stage collage" <a href="articles/b_on_b.html">Brecht on Brecht</a> (from The New York Times)</p> <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow">Click <a href="announce.html#prod">here</a> for a brief review from <strong>Der Spiegel</strong> of Jan Schütte's new film <i>Der Abschied</i>.</p> <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow"><strong>Injunction against Heiner Müller's <i>Germania 3</i> Lifted.</strong> Check the "General Announcements" section of the <a href="announce.html#general">Announcements</a> page for more information</p> <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow">Upcoming/recent Brecht performances in New Haven, Chicago, and Washington, DC. For details, see the "Productions" section of the <a href="announce.html#prod">Announcements</a> page.</p> <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow"><strong>Attention:</strong> Call for papers<br> IBS sessions at the 2001 MLA convention. Check the "Calls for papers" section of the <a href="announce.html#calls">Announcements</a> page for more information</p> <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow"><b>Brecht-Tage 2001</b>: For details, see the "Conferences" section of the <a href="announce.html#confer">Announcements</a> page. <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow">The <b>Brecht Forum</b> is offline until further notice. We are currently considering new options for permanent hosting and will post information here as it becomes available. <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow"><strong>Attention:</strong> Call for Papers<br> Brecht Yearbook, vol. 26 (2000)<br> (click <a href="yearbooknotice.htm">here</a> for more information, in <a href="yearbooknotice.htm#english">English</a> and <a href="yearbooknotice.htm#german">German</a>)</p> <p><img src="graphics/arrow.gif" width=12 height=10 border=0 alt="Red Arrow"> A basic <a href="chronology.html">chronology of Brecht's life</a> can now be viewed on this site. There is an added bibliography for those interested in reading more about Brecht. Material for this page was provided by <a href="http://german.lss.wisc.edu/homes/silberman/" target="_top">Marc Silberman</a>, Managing Editor of the IBS Homepage. </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <b>Managing Editor:</b> <a href="mailto:mdsilber@wisc.edu">Marc Silberman</a><br> <b>Technical Supervisor:</b> <a href="mailto:teknapp@wisc.edu">Thyra E. Knapp</a> </p>  <hr> <p><i><b>Last Updated:</b> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> </i></p> <p><font size="-1">© <i>International Brecht Society 1999</i><br><i>All rights reserved.</i><br><i><b>Site created:</b> January 15, 1997.</i><p></font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body>