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Mr Puntila and His Man Matti (tr. Kriwaczek)

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7w, 14m

Bertolt Brecht, Paul Kriwaczek

Mr Puntila and His Man Matti
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Paul Kriwaczek

Epic comedy describing the aristocratic land-owner Puntila's relationship to his servant, Matti, as well as his daughter, Eva, whom he wants to marry off to an Attaché. Eva herself loves Matti and so Puntila has to decide whether to marry his daughter to his driver or to an Attaché, while he also deals with a drinking problem.

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Mr Puntila and His Man Matti (tr. Kriwaczek)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 14m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes

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Summary
Mr Puntila suffers from a dual personality. When drunk he is human and humane; when sober he is surly and self-centred. In the former condition he proposes to Eva to marry his own loyal and sardonic friend, His chauffeur Matti. When he sobers up he throws Eva out and abuses Matti. However, after putting Eva’s suitability to the test, and having had enough of Puntila’s instability, Matti leaves him saying ‘water and oil can never blend.’
Cast Attributes
Puntila, a landowner
Eva Puntila, his daughter 
Matti, his chauffeur 
The waiter
The judge
The attaché
The vet 
Sly-Grog Emma 
The chemist's assistant 
The milkmaid 
The telephonist 
A fat man
A labourer 
The red-headed man 
The weedy man
Red surkkala
His four children
Laina, the cook
Fina, the parlourmaid 
The lawyer 
The parson
The parson's wife 
Woodcutters 
  • Time Period 1920s
  • Setting 1920s Finland 
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

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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