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The Tutor
Full-Length Play, Drama / 10f, 10m
Bertolt Brecht, Pip Broughton
The Tutor
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Pip Broughton
This is a modernised version of the 18th-century drama by Reinhold Lenz about the miseries and humiliations suffered by a young private tutor.
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Cast Size
10f, 10m -
Subgenre
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Target Audience
Adult
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Summary
This is a modernised version of the 18th-century drama by Reinhold Lenz about the miseries and humiliations suffered by a young private tutor. Treated as a servant by his employers, he is seduced by the daughter of the house and has to flee from the outraged family. Later, in a similar situation, he lands himself in the same sort of trouble. In desperation he castrates himself, and thereafter finds life easier and is accepted by society.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period 1930s
- Setting Period 1930s Germany
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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