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Man Is Man (Man Equals Man)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 8m
Bertolt Brecht, Gerhard Nellhaus
Man Is Man (Man Equals Man)
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Gerhard Nellhaus
With music by Dessau. Four soldiers 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 la…
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Cast Size
2w, 8m -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
With music by Dessau. Four soldiers 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. The'story is vaguely set in British India, but both time and geography are largely nonsensical.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Various interior and exterior settings
- Additional Features Play with Music
- 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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