David Bowie in Baal

Summary: 1982 BBC production of Baal by Bertolt Brecht, presented under the title David Bowie in Baal.
Theatre play: Baal by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [more information]
Play synopsis: Brecht’s first play, set in Germany in the ten years before the First World War, depicts scenes from the life of an amoral poet-singer who is ruthlessly devoted to his own talent and ruthlessly indifferent to the feelings of others.
Production history: Brecht wrote Baal in 1918 as a full-length play while he was studying at Munich University. The text was shortened for its first performance in 1923 and then transformed again for a production in Berlin in 1926.
Date of transmission: Tuesday 2 March 1982
Time: 9.25-10.30pm
Channel: BBC1
Production company: BBC

Director

Alan Clarke

Producer

Louis Marks

Playwright

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)

Adapted for Television by

Alan Clarke

Adapted for Television by

John Willett

Translator

John Willett

Musical Direction

Designer

Sound

Script Editor

Cast

Title: Baal (BBC, 1982)
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Title: Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama: David Bowie in Baal (BBC, 1982) (Blog article)
Author/creator: Billy Smart (Author)
Reference: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/spaces-of-television/2012/11/02/beyond-the-fourth-wall-experiments-in-tv-drama-david-bowie-in-baal-bbc-1992, published 2 November 2012

Title: David Bowie in Baal (BBC, 1982) (Blog article)
Author/creator: John Wyver (Author)
Reference: http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/david-bowie-in-baal-bbc-1982, published 13 January 2013

Title: Radio Times, 25 February 1982 (Magazine)
Linking notes: cover image; long article, pp. 6-7, with images; listing, p. **

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