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Drums in the Night (Beckley)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 6w, 9m
Bertolt Brecht, Richard Beckley
Translated by Richard Beckley
Brecht's play revolves around Anna Balicke, whose lover (Andreas) has left to fight in World War I. The war is now over but Anna and her family have not heard from him for four years. Anna's parents try to convince her that he is dead and that she should forget him and marry a wealthy war-materials manufacturer, Murk.
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Cast Size
6w, 9m -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
The soldier Andreas returns from a prison camp to to find his fiancée Anna just engaged to the prosperous Murk. Against sounds and reports of the Spartacists storming the newspaper offices, Andreas quarrels in a bar with Anna's parents and the now drunken Murk. Lost in the street, he follows the rioting; Anna follows him. In desperation, Andreas leads the (partly drunken) company to the newspaper offices. In the early morning he and Anna meet in the streets. He refuses to return to the fighting and the two go home together.
- Setting Interior and exterior settings.
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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