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Scenes and songs from "Mann ist Mann" by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
in English, in the Eric Bentley translation "A man is a man"
1 online resource (1 streaming video (27 min.))
Eric Bentley -- historian, playwright, drama critic, and leading Brecht scholar -- introduces scenes from his translation of Berlolt Brecht's play-with-songs "Mann ist mann." Bentley also speaks of Brecht's ideas and theater devices, the origins of his political passions in post- World War One Europe, his failure to attract American audiences in the 1930's and his remarkable success later.
Includes an interview with Eric Bentley on Brecht's aesthetic and reputation.
Filmed in 1962 for a television broadcast of Camera three.