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The Measures Taken (The Decision) (Mueller)
Short Play, Drama / 1w, 4m
Bertolt Brecht, Carl Mueller
The Measures Taken (The Decision)
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Carl Mueller
Four Commun'st agitators have killed a comrade while on a mission to China. A 'Control Chorus' instructs them to describe how this came about, so that a verdict may be pronounced. Their reasons for the deed are re-enacted: the victim, though a true C…
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Cast Size
1w, 4m
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Summary
Four Commun'st agitators have killed a comrade while on a mission to China. A 'Control Chorus' instructs them to describe how this came about, so that a verdict may be pronounced. Their reasons for the deed are re-enacted: the victim, though a true Commun'st, had committed several serious errors in Commun'st practice and therefore agreed to his own death. They are praised by the Control Chorus for their successful work.
- Setting A concert platform
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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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