Scenes and songs from "Mann ist Mann" by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) : in English, in the Eric Bentley translation "A man is a man" / produced by Clair Roskam.

Format Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoKent, Conn. : Creative Arts Television, [2002]
Description1 streaming video (27 min.)
Supplemental ContentAccess restricted to subscribers
Subjects

Other author/creatorBentley, Eric, 1916-2020
Included WorkBrecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Mann ist Mann.
Included WorkConrad, Michael.
Included WorkDukakis, Olympia
Included WorkEdwards, Maurice, 1922-2020
Included WorkHavinga, Nick.
Included WorkHeffernan, John.
Included WorkHurley, Joseph.
Included WorkJames, Clifford L. (Clifford Lester), 1903-
Included WorkMatthaei, Konrad.
Included WorkRoskam, Clair.
Other author/creatorCreative Arts Television (Firm)
Other author/creatorCamera Three Productions.
Variant title Title on container and disc surface: Brecht : "A man's a man"
Abstract Eric Bentley -- historian, playwright, drama critic, and leading Brecht scholar -- introduces scenes from his translation of Berlolt Brecht's play-with-songs "Mann ist mann." Bentley also speaks of Brecht's ideas and theater devices, the origins of his political passions in post- World War One Europe, his failure to attract American audiences in the 1930's and his remarkable success later.
General noteIncludes an interview with Eric Bentley on Brecht's aesthetic and reputation.
General notePreviously published as DVD.
Date/time/place of a event noteFilmed in 1962 for a television broadcast of Camera three.
Other title Camera three (Television program)

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