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The Exception and the Rule (Manheim)
Short Play, Drama / 1f, 9m
Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Mannheim
The Exception and the Rule
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Crossing the desert, an unscrupulous merchant and his maltreated coolie run'short of water. The coolie generously offers what water he has but the merchant, mistrusting the coolie, thin's he is about to attack and shoots him. The merchant is tried bu…
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Cast Size
1f, 9m -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
Crossing the desert, an unscrupulous merchant and his maltreated coolie run'short of water. The coolie generously offers what water he has but the merchant, mistrusting the coolie, thin's he is about to attack and shoots him. The merchant is tried but is acquitted when it is decided that, in present day society, to murder one's oppressor is the Rule, and to repay cruelty with kindness is the Exception.
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Several simple interiors
- Additional Features Play with Music
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £40 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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