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'Baal is pure pleasure principle. Meet Baal. Outsider poet, schizophrenic singer/songwriter, middle-class bum. With an insatiable appetite for sex and booze, Baal lives his life for the moment. From strip joint to sewer he leaves a trail of devastation and recklessly dispensed lyricism in his wake. Bertolt Brecht's first play, Baal, rages with the fire of youth. Nothing escapes young Brecht's burning wit and self-immolating irony here. An anti-hero and cult artist at odds with the world, Baal indulges in fleshy decadence spewing surreal poetry and bawdy libretto. Drunken and depraved, he strips romanticism bare.' Source: www.malthousetheatre.com.au/ (Sighted 14/04/2011).
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An adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play Baal.
Production Details
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Australian premiere production by the Malthouse Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company at the Merlyn Theatre, CUB Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria, 2-23 April 2011. Director: Simon Stone.
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Mythic Tale Brings Nations Together
2012
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 August 2012; (p. 11) -
Wild Duck Takes Centre Stage at Theatre Awards
2012
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 January 2012; (p. 3) -
Bad Boy with a Song in His Heartlessness
2011
single work
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— Appears in: The Australian , 8 April 2011; (p. 16)
— Review of Baal Simon Stone (translator), Tom Wright (translator), 2011 single work drama
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Bad Boy with a Song in His Heartlessness
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 April 2011; (p. 16)
— Review of Baal Simon Stone (translator), Tom Wright (translator), 2011 single work drama -
Wild Duck Takes Centre Stage at Theatre Awards
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 January 2012; (p. 3) -
Mythic Tale Brings Nations Together
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 August 2012; (p. 11)
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