Mr. Puntila and His Man MattiArcade Pub., 1997 - 155 Seiten Long unavailable in this country, Mr. Puntila and His Man Matti comprises some of the best comedy that Bertolt Brecht wrote for the theater and contains one of his great characters. For his complexity and vitality, Mr. Puntila ranks on a par with Brecht's indelible Galileo and Mother Courage. A hard-drinking landowner, Puntila suffers from a split personality: when drunk, he is friendly and humane; when he sobers up, he is intolerable - ruthless, surly, and self-centered. Oscillating between these two poles, he plays havoc with his workers, his women, his daughter's marriage, and the loyalty of his sardonic chauffeur and valet, Matti. This translation is by John Willett, who with Ralph Manheim is the editor of Brecht's complete dramatic work in English. The joint editors have equipped this volume with a critical introduction and notes, along with Brecht's own notes and variants and the short story on which the play was based. |
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... look out for : too good means he thinks he's too good to work , too torn means he's got a bad character . I only need one look to see what he's made of , his age doesn't matter , if he's old he'll carry as much or more because he's ...
... look out for : too good means he thinks he's too good to work , too torn means he's got a bad character . I only need one look to see what he's made of , his age doesn't matter , if he's old he'll carry as much or more because he's ...
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... look deeper than that . I don't like fixing a deal after drinking just one glass , how can you do business when you'd rather be singing because life's so beautiful ? When I start thinking about that drive home – I find the Hall looks ...
... look deeper than that . I don't like fixing a deal after drinking just one glass , how can you do business when you'd rather be singing because life's so beautiful ? When I start thinking about that drive home – I find the Hall looks ...
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... look what I've brought you . Come on , just look , ' said Punttila , and the judge looked blearily from his bed . ' You've got a bottle , so you have . And now good night . ' ' I'm telling you it's a schnapps bottle , judge ! Look at ...
... look what I've brought you . Come on , just look , ' said Punttila , and the judge looked blearily from his bed . ' You've got a bottle , so you have . And now good night . ' ' I'm telling you it's a schnapps bottle , judge ! Look at ...
Inhalt
A Finnish Bacchus by Hella Wuolijoki | 100 |
Texts by Brecht | 110 |
Notes on the Berliner Ensemble Production | 118 |
Urheberrecht | |
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