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Berliner Ensemble Adaptations - The Tutor; Coriolanus; The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431; Don Juan; Trumpets and Drums (Paperback)
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Berliner Ensemble Adaptations - The Tutor; Coriolanus; The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431; Don Juan; Trumpets and Drums (Paperback)
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This volume contains Brecht's post-1950 adaptations of world
dramatic classics for the Berliner Ensemble. Brecht's remodeled
versions show all of the great dramatist's characteristic
preoccupations: hatred of personal greatness, admiration of the
people and hatred of war unless waged on behalf of the people who,
to him, were the embodiment of wisdom and good sense. The Tutor is
a 1950s adaptation of an 18th century play by J.M.R. Lenz and is a
savage portrait of the subservience of German intellectuals and
schoolmasters to the whims of the rich and powerful. Coriolanus is
an unfinished adaptation of Shakespeare's play, using the Roman
story to reflect Marxist theories of class struggle. Don Juan, a
collaborative adaptation of Moliere's play, redefines the charming
social parasite as both a ridiculous egoist and an example of a
dangerously attractive, theatrically mythic personality type. The
Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen adapts a radio play by Anna Seghers
which was based on the original records of the trial of Joan of
Arc. Trumpets and Drums is an adaptation of Farquhar's 18th century
Restoration comedy The Recruiting Officer, which transfers the
action to the American Civil War and introduces comments on
imperialism and colonial conquest.
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