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The Duchess of Malfi (tr. Auden)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1f, 16m
Bertolt Brecht, W.H. Auden
Adaptation of the English seventeenth-century tragedy by John Webster, by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. He collaborated with H. R. Hays and Anglo-American poet, W. H. Auden. It was written during Brecht's period of exile in the United States. It premiered in New York, in 1946.
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Cast Size
1f, 16m -
Subgenre
Period -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Brecht's adaptation of the classic seventeenth-century play by John Webster tells the story of the spirited duchess and her love for her trustworthy steward Antonio.
Cast Attributes
- Setting Various 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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