The Private Life of the Master Race

Author(s): Bertolt Brecht
Private Life of the Master Race is the title given to the work by its original translator, Eric Bentley, even though Brecht’s German title is more literally translated as Fear and Misery in the Third Reich. Unlike Brecht’s later works, Private Life is a series of short sketches dramatizing how Nazism impacted families, workers and marriages during Hitler’s first five years in power.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size:10M/F

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Original or Prominent Production:
1938
Nationality of Author: German
Original Language: German
Publisher:

Samuel French

Production Rights Holder:

Samuel French

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