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The Good Soul of Szechuan (Harrower)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 8w, 13m
Bertolt Brecht, David Harrower
The Good Soul of Szechuan
by Bertolt Brecht, translated by David Harrower
Three gods are on a journey to find out if there are any good people left on earth. Only Shen Te, a good-hearted prostitute, offers them shelter. With the money they give her she opens a tobacco shop. At once everyone needs her help. Her livelihood i…
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Cast Size
8w, 13m -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Stage & Screen) -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Three gods are on a journey to find out if there are any good people left on earth. Only Shen Te, a good-hearted prostitute, offers them shelter. With the money they give her she opens a tobacco shop. At once everyone needs her help. Her livelihood is in danger. Worse, she is falling in love with Sun, a pilot, who is robbing her blind. Her hard-hearted cousin Shui Ta arrives to protect her. Who is he and how can good people stay good in a world of poverty and cruelty? This new translation by David Harrower, based on the Santa Monica version (previously unpublished) of Brecht's famous parable, premiered at the Young Vic, London, in 2008.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Various interior and exterior settings
- Additional Features Play with Music
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
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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