| Author | Bertolt Brecht |
| Publisher | Eyre Methuen Ltd |
| Imprint | Methuen |
| Publisher Series | Methuen Modern Plays |
| Translated by | John Willett, Charles Laughton |
| Editor | John Willett, Ralph Manheim |
| First Published by | Eyre Methuen Ltd |
| Copyright Holder (Translation) | Stefan S. Brecht, Bertolt Brecht |
| Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue) | Eyre Methuen Ltd |
| Copyright Holder (Editorial Material) | Eyre Methuen Ltd |
| Copyright Holder (Original Edition) | Arvid Englind Teaterforlag |
| Copyright Renewed By | Stefan S. Brecht |
| Copyright Holder | Suhrkamp Verlag |
| Printed by | Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Great Britain |
| Copyright | 1940 |
| Copyright | 1952 |
| Copyright | 1955 |
| Copyright Renewed | 1967-06 |
| First Hardback Printing | 1980 |
| First Paperback Printing | 1980 |
| Copyright | 1980 |
| Reprinted | 1982 |
| Pages / Font | 265 pages |
| ISBN | 0 413 39070 5 |
| Volume Number | Volume Five Part One |
| Price | UK £2.95 |
| Notes | First published simultaneously in hardback and paperback in 1980 by Eyre Methuen Ltd by arrangement with Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
Paperback reprinted 1982, 1983 by Methuen London Ltd
Translation copyright for the play and texts by Brecht © 1980 by Stefan S. Brecht
Introduction and editorial notes: Copyright © 1980 by Eyre Methuen Ltd.
Original work entitled Leben des Galilei
Copyright 1940 by Arvid Englind Teaterforlag, a.b., renewed June 1967 by Stefan S. Brecht
Copyright © 1955 by Surkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
Charles Laughton's translation of Galileo (in appendix) Copyright 1952 by Bertolt Brecht
Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk
The photo on the front cover shows Charles Laughton as Galileo in the 1947 production (Source: Berliner Ensemble). |