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Full-Length Play, Drama / 10w, 10m
Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim, Wolfgang Sauerlander, Jakob Lenz
Adapted from a play by Jakob Lenz Translated by Ralph Manheim and Wolfgang Sauerlander.
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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.
Läuffer - The tutor Pastor Läuffer - His father Privy Councillor von Berg Fritz - His son Major von Berg Majorin von Berg - His wife Gustchen - Their daughter Leopold - Their son Maid at the von Berg's Wenzeslaus - The village schoolmaster Lise - His ward Count Wermut Pätus - Student Bollwerk - Student Frau Blitzer - Landlady Fräulein Rehhaar Karoline Pätus Fräulein Watten Fräulein Muller Fräulein Rabenjung Servants
Period 1930s Germany