Baal: A Man's a Man and the Elephant Calf: Early Plays by Bertolt Brecht

by Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley
Baal: A Man's a Man and the Elephant Calf: Early Plays by Bertolt  Brecht  
published 1994 by Grove Press
binding Paperback
isbn 080213159X   (isbn13: 9780802131591)
date added
02-12-07



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Ali
03/26/07

bookshelves: plays
اغلب اثار "برتولد برشت" به فارسی برگردانده شده است؛ "سقراط مجروح" / کیکاووس جهانداری، "در انبوه شهرها"/ عبدالرحمن صدریه، "استثناء و قاعده"/ محمود اعتماد زاده(م. به آذین)، "ان که گفت آری و آن که گفت نه"/ مصطفی رحیمی، زندگانی گالیله(گالیله ئو گالیله ئی)/ عبد...more
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Ali
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03/26/07

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اغلب اثار "برتولد برشت" به فارسی برگردانده شده است؛ "سقراط مجروح" / کیکاووس جهانداری، "در انبوه شهرها"/ عبدالرحمن صدریه، "استثناء و قاعده"/ محمود اعتماد زاده(م. به آذین)، "ان که گفت آری و آن که گفت نه"/ مصطفی رحیمی، زندگانی گالیله(گالیله ئو گالیله ئی)/ عبد...more
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Baiocco
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09/27/07

bookshelves: plays
recommends it for: People Interested in Early Work Of Playwrites Mostly Famous For Their Mid to Late Career Work
I'm a huge Brecht fan and was directed to Baal by my college theater professor (Tom Lindblade) after I hounded him about information regarding Antonin Artaud (By the way, I'm desperately looking for a series of essays that Artaud wrote while locked away in an Asylum in 1945--if anyone has any info on them, and more particularly on me getting them, please drop me a message. Thanks)

Baal was one of the first plays Brecht put on, and tells the story of a misanthropic asshole blamed for the mur...more
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Tosh
11/10/07

Ah the roots of the film "Naked." Has anyone seen the Bowie version from the late 70's? I have the recording of the songs but never saw the tv production. It's there somewhere. Oh by the way I love this play by Brecht. And the songs are beautiful.
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Robert
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01/01/08

bookshelves: theater
Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in January, 2006
recommends it for: some
An extraordinary force of perception and articulation is shown in BAAL. The Elephant Calf is another strong reason for reading these three surperlative works of forthright excellence.
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Chris
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05/15/08

Read in May, 2008
BAAL - 4 stars
A Man's a Man - 3 stars
The Elephant Calf - 2 stars
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avg rating (this edition): 3.71 (59 ratings)
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