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The Good Woman of Setzuan (Bentley)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 9w, 13m
The Good Person of Szechwan (The Good Woman of Setzuan)
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Eric Bentley
A play written during Brecht's exile to the United States and set in pre-Communist China. It is a parable of a young woman torn between obligation and reality, between love and practicality, and between her own needs and those of her friends and neighbour
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Cast Size
9w, 13m -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
This play, written during Brecht's exile to the United States and set in pre-Communist China, is a parable of a young woman torn between obligation and reality, between love and practicality, and between her own needs and those of her friends and neighbours.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Interior and exterior settings
- Additional Features Play with Music
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
- Optional Music/Media Fee: £37 per performance
Authors
Eric Bentley
Eric Bentley was born in England in 1916, became an American citizen in 1948, in 1998 was inducted into the (American) Theatre Hall of Fame, and in 2011 won a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Scholar, critic, teacher, performer, translator and, final ...
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Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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