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Mr Puntila and his Man Matti

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  7w, 13m

Bertolt Brecht, John Willett

Mr Puntila and his Man Matti
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by John Willett
Music by Dessau

Mr Puntila suffers from a dual personality. When drunk he is human and humane; when'sober he is surly and self-centred. In the former condition he proposes to Eva to marry his own loyal and sardonic friend, his chauffeur Matti. When he'sobers up he t…

Mr Puntila and his Man Matti

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    7w, 13m
  • SubGenre
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Mr Puntila suffers from a dual personality. When drunk he is human and humane; when'sober he is surly and self-centred. In the former condition he proposes to Eva to marry his own loyal and sardonic friend, his chauffeur Matti. When he'sobers up he throws Eva out and abuses Matti. However, after putting Eva's suitability to the test, and having had enough of Puntila's instability, Matti leaves him, saying 'water and oil can never blend.'
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Interior and exterior settings

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Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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John Willett

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