Fear & Misery Of The Third Reich Nazi WW2 Theatre Programme

CHAU1501   A fold open theatre programme for the highly controversial play Fear & Misery Of The Third Reich by Bertold Brecht with accompanying sheet with directors notes in great condition.

In this play, Bertolt Brecht presents multiple snapshots of life under Fascism on the form of two dozen short playlets and an epilogue. It was written in Denmark and first staged when eight of its scenes were premiÔøΩred in Paris in 1938 under the title 99%. Instead of using Nazi swastikas, his SA and SS men sport a badge that reads T.M.R.W. (Tomorrow, though you would have to read his programme note to know that) but inevitably it's Brecht, the names are German and when the production puts the cast in Hitler masks insidiously encroaching you inevitably think Third Reichyou cant escape the title.Jeryl Burgesss cook has been won over by the Nazis; Harriet Grenvilles young woman notices how her fiancÔøΩe has changed since he joined the SA. We witness the breaking of Joshua Ruhles unemployed mans spirit, the cruelty of Ben Kerfoot and Tom Williamss Hitler Youth members and Feliks Mathurs predatory SA man, the moral impasse faced by Phil Willmotts judge and the vicious serenity of Christopher Laishleys his superior, party-member judge.illmotts company provides a valuable opportunity to catch a major Brecht work in a committed production that clearly demonstrates its effectiveness. I am less certain that an audience will read it in contemporary terms; that may depend upon how large the Third Reich looms in their memory and imagination.