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Driving Out a Devil
Short Play, Comedy
Bertolt Brecht, Richard Grunberger
A young boy attempts to outwit the parents of a pretty girl in this short farce...
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Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
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Summary
The play charts the attempts of a self-confident and manipulative Bavarian peasant boy to outwit the vigilant parents of a girl of his village. The play was never published or produced during Brecht's lifetime, but it is suggested that this play dramatises most clearly Brecht's own ability to influence people.
- Time Period Contemporary
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
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- Minimum Fee: £40 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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