Baal
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Baal (play by Bertolt Brecht) premiered today in 1923
Baal Play in one act, written in prose Text and Melodies by Bertolt Brecht. Written in 1918 Premiered December 8 1923 at the Altes Theater, Leipzig, Germany Synopsis Baal is epic theatre-maker Bertolt Brecht’s first full-length play. Brecht wrote it in 1918 while a student at Munich University, though it wasn’t performed until 1923. In…
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Days with David Bowie — film: Baal
David Bowie in Alan Clarke’s ‘Baal’ (1982) Alan Clarke’s films generally go straight into the ‘once seen, never forgotten’ file – including David Bowie’s remarkable turn as Baal, Bertolt Brecht’s anti-hero, adapted by Clarke and John Willett from the 1918 play. Though it wasn’t exactly a frequently-performed work, British theatre audiences were treated to a…
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