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1966-1967 Season

1966

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Brecht On Brecht, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Dec 1966

Brecht On Brecht, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1966-1967 Season

Brecht on Brecht is not a play; it is more a portrait of Bertolt Brecht, made up from selected writings by the playwright-poet. In 1963, George Tabori assembled poems and selections from plays and arranged them in a thematic order to resemble Brecht's own life experiences. This was essentially the script for Brecht on Brecht.


As You Like It, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Oct 1966

As You Like It, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1966-1967 Season

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility.

As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. In the forest, they encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveller Jaques who speaks many of Shakespeare's most …