Baal by Bertolt Brecht

Synopsis: This production of Brecht’s first full-length play features over forty actors and was devised and rehearsed as a performance in four parts - with each part maintaining the narrative structure but employing a distinctively different aesthetic. Melissa Merchant, Tim Brain, Mikala Westall, Serge Tampalini and Ralf Rauker each direct a section of the play which brings out the morally ambiguous nature of the central character and this is played out alongside the questionable motives of the people that surround him, highlighting the audience’s fascination with and vicarious need for people who live outside the social and moral confides of society. This production of BAAL is a collaboration led by Dr Serge Tampalini of Murdoch University and Dr Ralf Rauker of Contemporary Performance at Edith Cowan University.
Language: English
Country: Australia
Year of release: 2012
Subjects: Drama; German studies
Keywords: Brecht, Bertolt (1898-1956); German drama

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