• Celebrating life's simple pleasures: 'The Pleasures of Brecht'

  • Jul 27 2019
  • Length: 14 mins
  • Podcast

Celebrating life's simple pleasures: 'The Pleasures of Brecht'

  • Summary

  • After years of exile from Germany through the Second World War, in 1954 the German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht wrote a simple poem called Vergnügungen or a list of pleasures. 'The Pleasures of Brecht' is produced by Phil Smith who also composed the music (and recorded it in Brecht's house in Germany), and is a Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4, and it appeared in its 'Seriously...' podcast.
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