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In the Jungle of the Cities (Hollo)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4f, 11m
Bertolt Brecht, Anselm Hollo
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Cast Size
4f, 11m -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Set in Chicago in a climate of rampant capitalism, it tells the story of a savage battle waged between two men, whose relationship is at once homosexual and sadomasochistic. Brecht created it out of popular "gangster" novels. The action, takes one from a lending library in Chicago to a deserted railroad worker's tent in the gravel pits by Lake Michigan, "the everlasting roar of Chicago has faded away," says Schlink just before the showdown and his final demise
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Licensing & Materials
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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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