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Gerhard Nellhaus

GERHARD NELLHAUS  

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below is a list of Gerhard Nellhaus's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Angel Comes to Babylon, An         In The Jungle Of The Cities         Man Is Man         Marriage of Mr Mississippi, The         Mr Puntilla And His Man Matti         Romulus The Great

Angel Comes to Babylon, An

Synopsis:
An angel sends Kurrubi a virtuous young girl to Earth to love the lowliest man there - Akki a beggar. Meanwhile King Nebuchadnezzar has had enough of the beggar and challenges him to a begging contest that if the King wins the beggar must change his profession. The King disguises himself as a beggar Kurrubi arrives and immediately falls in love with him

Notes:
Original Playwright - Friedrich Durrenmatt

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Durrenmatt Four Plays" published by Cape, 1964   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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In The Jungle Of The Cities

Synopsis:
Shlink has an interest in George Garga - but is it love?. A Chicago Chinese timber dealer and his underworld friends turn his lover and sister into prostitute before the inevitable denouement

Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama 1980   978-0413474803

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation. - - Gay, theme/character full length

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  5            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Man Is Man

Synopsis:
four soldiers loot an Indian temple but one is left behind, soldiers get Irish docker to impersonate him

Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht; Music by Dessau

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  soldiers

Further Reference:
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Marriage of Mr Mississippi, The

Synopsis:
Florestan Mississippi is the Public Prosecutor. He murders his wife. He visits his friend Anastasia and discovers that she has murdered her husband. They marry and embark on a bloody career. He sentences everyone he can to death and she oversees the executions

Notes:
Original Playwright - Friedrich Durrenmatt

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in "Four Plays by Durrenmatt" published by Cape, 1968   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mr Puntilla And His Man Matti

Synopsis:
Mr Puntilla suffers from a dual personality, when drunk he is human and humane; when sober he is surly and self centred

Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  7            Other:  children

Further Reference:
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Romulus The Great

Synopsis:
Romulus the last Emperor of The Western Roman Empire would rather look after his chickens that do anything about the advancing Teutonic hordes under Odoacer. A merchant offers to pay the army so that it can repulse the Teutons in exchange for the Emperor's daughter - but he refuses the offer. Then Both the daughter and his wife drown in a boating accident. Odoacer arrives at the palace - and he is a chicken fancier too.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Friedrich Durrenmatt

1st Produced:
Unproduced    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Four Plays" Cape, London, 1964   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  2            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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