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Driving Out a Devil

Short Play, Comedy

Bertolt Brecht, Richard Grunberger

A young boy attempts to outwit the parents of a pretty girl in this short farce...

Driving Out a Devil

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  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary

The play charts the attempts of a self-confident and manipulative Bavarian peasant boy to outwit the vigilant parents of a girl of his village. The play was never published or produced during Brecht's lifetime, but it is suggested that this play dramatises most clearly Brecht's own ability to influence people.

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  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Bertolt Brecht

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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