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Bertolt Brecht (German: [ˈbɛɐ̯tɔlt ˈbʁɛçt] ( listen); born Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (help·info); 10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.
An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel.
Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, (about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of Munich) to a conventionally-devout Protestant mother and a Catholic father (who had been persuaded to have a Protestant wedding). His father worked for a paper mill, becoming its managing director in 1914. Thanks to his mother's influence, Brecht knew the Bible, a familiarity that would impact on his writing throughout his life. From her, too, came the "dangerous image of the self-denying woman" that recurs in his drama. Brecht's home life was comfortably middle class, despite what his occasional attempt to claim peasant origins implied. At school in Augsburg he met Caspar Neher, with whom he formed a lifelong creative partnership, Neher designing many of the sets for Brecht's dramas and helping to forge the distinctive visual iconography of their epic theatre.
Life of Galileo (German: Leben des Galilei), also known as Galileo, is a play by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. The first version of the play was written between 1937 and 1939; the second (or 'American') version was written between 1945–1947, in collaboration with Charles Laughton. The play received its first theatrical production (in German) at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, opening on 9 September 1943. This production was directed by Leonard Steckel, with set-design by Teo Otto. The cast included Steckel himself (as Galileo), Karl Paryla and Wolfgang Langhoff.
The second version (in English) opened at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles on 30 July 1947. This was directed by Joseph Losey and Brecht, with musical direction by Serge Hovey and set-design by Robert Davison. Laughton played Galileo, with Hugo Haas as Barberini and Frances Heflin as Virginia. This production opened at the Maxine Elliott's Theatre in New York on 7 December of the same year. A third production, by the Berliner Ensemble with Ernst Busch in the title role, opened in January 1957 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm and was directed by Erich Engel, with set-design by Caspar Neher. The play was first published in 1940.[citation needed]
Actors: Peter Van den Begin (actor), Nico Leunen (editor), Marc Didden (actor), Sien Eggers (actress), Frank Van Passel (producer), Peter van den Eede (actor), Pieter Van Hees (writer), Pieter Van Hees (director), Frank Focketijn (actor), Adriaan Van den Hoof (actor), Mark Verstraete (actor), Manou Kersting (actor), Maaike Neuville (actress), Bert Hamelinck (producer), Koen van Impe (actor),
Plot: Shy loser Diego wakes up after an accident and has been transformed into Tony T. a smooth-talking no-holds-barred stuntman. Suffering from a case of Frontal Syndrome he's the perfect case-study for young neurologist Jaana. Everyone hopes that Diego will soon recover, accept for Diego himself.
Keywords: accident, anal-sex, belgium, brain-disease, brain-operation, brain-surgery, brother-brother-relationship, doctor-patient-relationship, father-son-relationship, gay-sexActors: Wouter van Luijn (editor), Saskia Temmink (actress), Gaite Jansen (actress), Dania Lopies (producer), Margot Schaap (writer), Margot Schaap (director), Tom van Hezik (producer), Maike van Haastrecht (producer), Bobby Dekker (actress), Naomi Kramer (producer), Lodewijk Dirks (actor), Ella Keyser Del Ferro (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Monic Hendrickx (actress), Trix van Alphen (miscellaneous crew), Wilant Boekelman (producer), Jan van der Zanden (producer), Elleke Swaans (miscellaneous crew), Peter Rump (editor), Eric Oosthoek (director), Eric Oosthoek (writer), Jochum ten Haaf (actor), Ids van der Krieken (actor), Jelka van Houten (actress), Maryam Hassouni (actress), Bernadette Bout (producer), Roen Kiewik (producer), Hilde Breda (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Alfred Molina (actor), Nigel Bennett (actor), Linda Hamilton (actress), Jane Conway (miscellaneous crew), Jan Rubes (actor), Dana Delany (actress), James Kidnie (actor), Martin Donovan (actor), Pino Donaggio (composer), Barbra Streisand (producer), Tom Jansen (actor), Avi Federgreen (miscellaneous crew), Paul Monash (writer), Jeff Freilich (producer), Richard McMillan (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer (director), Brian Dennehy (actor), Georges Delerue (composer), Ralf Richter (actor), Hans-Michael Rehberg (actor), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (actor), Marthe Keller (actress), Adolf Hitler (actor), Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (actor), Robert Easton (actor), Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor), Péter Andorai (actor), Vadim Glowna (actor), Robert Easton (miscellaneous crew), Dagmar Hirtz (editor),
Genres: Drama, History, Thriller,Actors: Nick Brimble (actor), Bob Hoskins (actor), Freddie Jones (actor), Nick Brimble (actor), Nick Brimble (actor), Freddie Jones (actor), Bertolt Brecht (writer), Bob Hoskins (actor), Ann Beach (actress), Ann Beach (actress), Ann Beach (actress), Barry Stanton (actor), Barry Stanton (actor), Barry Stanton (actor), Emrys James (actor),
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Must be hard to get around
But what I'd like
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Why can't you see?
I wanna stay. . .
Watch where you go
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Don't fade away. . .