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Mr Puntila and His Man Matti (tr. Arnott)
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 7w, 14m
Bertolt Brecht, Peter Arnott
Mr Puntila and His Man Matti
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Peter Arnott
Comedy which follows Puntila, a Finnish farmer who oscillates between churlish sobriety and drunken good humour.
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Cast Size
7w, 14m -
Subgenre
Period -
Target Audience
Adult
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Summary
A hard-drinking Finnish landowner, Puntila suffers from a divided personality - when drunk he is human and humane; when sober, surly and self-centred. Oscillating unsteadily between these two poles, he plays havoc with his workmen, his women, his daughter's marital arrangements and the loyalty of his sardonic chauffeur, Matti.
Cast Attributes
- Features Period Costumes
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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