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THE BRECHT CENTENARY

A series of five twenty minute radio programmes celebrating the Bertolt Brecht centenary. Famous as one of the major playwright's of the 20th century, Bertolt Brecht is now seen as perhaps Germany's greatest modern poet.

BBC Radio 3
Monday 9 February 1998 to Friday 13 February 1998

Cast
Presented byADRIAN MITCHELL
Readers includedMARIA FRIEDMAN
HAROLD PINTER
Programmes
1: Of Poor BBthe early poems
2: Germany: a Bad Time for PoetryBrecht's poetry under the Nazis
3: Theatre Poemsthe theatre poetry of Germany's greatest playwright
4: Hollywood: Elegies and ExileBrecht's opinions of America
5: To Those Born Laterthe legacy of Brecht's poetry
Notes

Parts 1 and 2 where both repeated on Saturday 15 January 2000 as part of the BBC's From Berlin to Broadway: the Music of Kurt Weill season.

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