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Mr Puntila and His Man Matti (tr. Nellhaus)

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7w, 14m

Bertolt Brecht, Gerhard Nellhaus

Mr Puntila and His Man Matti
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Gerhard Nellhaus

Comedy which follows Puntila, a Finnish farmer who oscillates between churlish sobriety and drunken good humour.

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Mr Puntila and His Man Matti (tr. Nellhaus)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 14m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    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
Puntila, a landowner
Eva Puntila, his daughter
Matti, his chauffeur 
The Waiter
The Judge
The Attache 
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
  • Features Period Costumes

Licensing & Materials

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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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