Brecht on Brecht

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The Jewish Wife, one of Bertolt Brecht's most affecting works, is also one of his most atypical. It's not hard-edged or fantastical or meant to be performed in the stylized manner that's come to be thought of as Brechtian. It is, instead a piece of realistic writing in which a Jewish woman named Judith Keith prepares to leave her husband and homeland, having read the signs written on the wind and on the splintered windows. During the opening scene, she begins a series of phone calls to friends and associates, making light of her impending journey. Eventually, her Gentile husband arrives and she tests his reaction, knowing full well that, no matter what he says, he is sure to be relieved [...]