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Man is Man (tr. Mueller)
Full-Length Play / 2f, 8m
Bertolt Brecht, Carl Mueller
Man is Man
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Carl Mueller
Man is Man presents the forcible transformation of a civilian, Galy Gay, into the perfect soldier. Using Kiplingesque imagery, Brecht explores personality as something that can be dismantled and reassembled like a machine.
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Cast Size
2f, 8m -
Subgenre
Farce -
Target Audience
Adult
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Summary
Four soliders loot an Indian temple, but one is left behind. Terrified of their fierce Sergeant, they get Galy Gay, an Irish docker, to pose as the fourth man. Galy Gay witnesses his own supposed execution and funeral; in the last two scenes he takes part in a war against Tibet and has become the perfect soldier. The missing man tries to rejoin his comrades, but is turned away with Galy Gay's old identity papers.
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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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