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Saint Joan of the Stockyards (tr. Jones)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 10m or f
Bertolt Brecht, Frank Jones
Lithuanian immigrants adrift in Chicago work in the stockyards where men are known to have slipped once and emerged from the plant in lard cans. Brecht's heroine, Joan, "wanted to know" and Brecht, with Marxism an influence and the Chicago Stockyards a setting, is the amiable teacher in the chosen city badly in need of an "entry of mankind ..." into its maw.
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Cast Size
10m or f -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Lithuanian immigrants adrift in Chicago work in the stockyards where men are known to have slipped once and emerged from the plant in lard cans. Brecht's heroine, Joan, "wanted to know" and Brecht, with Marxism an influence and the Chicago Stockyards a setting, is the amiable teacher in the chosen city badly in need of an "entry of mankind ..." into its maw.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period Contemporary
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
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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