Life of Galileo (German: Leben des Galilei) also known as Galileo is a play by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht with incidental music by Hanns Eisler. The first version of the play was written between 1938 and 1939; the second (or ‘American’) version was written between 1945–1947 in collaboration with Charles Laughton. The play received its first theatrical production (in German) at the Zurich Schauspielhaus opening on 9 September 1943.
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Bertolt Brecht
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Galileo Andrea Sarti Mrs Sarti Ludovico Marsili Virginia Sagredo Federzoni Mr Priuli Cosimo de Medici Father Christopher Clavius Cardinal Barberini Fillipo Mucius Mr Gaffone Vanni Senator 1st Monk Puppeteer Rector
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