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German Theater: Brecht and Schiller (1991)

Subject

Drama; German studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 116 minutes), $170.00

This study of Brecht and Schiller explores styles of the German theater. It uses scenes from ‘The Good Woman of Setzuan’ and ‘Love and Intrigue’ to show the parallels in the dramaturgy of the two...

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Bertolt Brecht: Practice Pieces (1964 Video)

Director

Nick Havinga

Producer

Sig Moglen

Brecht wrote the scenes to train actors in his own method for performing classical drama. The scenes were intended to be strenuously rehearsed, but then omitted when the play was presented. The idea was to...

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College Brecht: Workshopping Brecht’s Approaches (2012)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), £90.00

The film presents a series of workshops with college students, aged 16-18, to suggest approaches to Brecht as playwright and practitioner. The sessions can be adapted to suit high school, undergraduate or...

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Life of Galileo, The (1994) (1994 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 164 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of Brecht’s ‘The Life of Galileo’ in a new version by David Hare at the Almeida Theatre, London, on 28 March 1994, with Richard Griffiths as...

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Caucasian Chalk Circle, The (1997 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 178 min.

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’, written by Bertolt Brecht and directed by Simon McBurney. Performed by the Royal National Theatre in collaboration...

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Mother Courage (2000)

Subject

Drama

A 2-camera recording of a new translation of Brecht’s MOTHER COURAGE by Lee Hall, performed at the New Ambassador’s Theatre in May 2000 by Shared Experience. "What is a performance of MOTHER COURAGE...

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Change the World - It Needs It: The Story of Hanns Eisler (1976 Film)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Rare footage of both Eisler and Brecht. Includes archive material of Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Threepenny Opera, The (1998)

aka: Dreigroschenoper, Die

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 110 mins (BC) 220 mins (BFI)), £12.49 (BC) £15.99 (BFI)

The classic black & white film version of the Brecht-Weill musical. In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the ‘king of...

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Galileo (1975) (2004)

aka: Galileo Galilei

Subject

Drama; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 139 minutes), £19.99

A production of Brecht’s play ‘The Life of Galileo’ directed by Jospeh Losey for the American Film Theatre series in which plays were filmed and then shown in theatres for two days and nights to...

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Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (1972)

aka: Gangster Show, The: The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (105 minutes), research viewing only

A 1972 BBC production of the Brecht play in which Arturo Ui (a Hitler look-alike) rises to prominence in mobster-ruled Chicago. Only available for individual or group research viewing on BFI premises

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