The Good Person of Szechwan is one of Bertolt Brecht's most popular plays. In this famous parable, long known in this country under the potentially misleading title of The Good Woman of Sezuan, the gods come to earth in search of a thoroughly good person. They encounter Shen Teh, a good-hearted but penniless prostitute who, to muster sufficient ruthlessness to survive in an evil world, must disguise herself as a man.