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Schweyk in the Second World War by Bertolt Brecht, translated by William Rowlinson
Directed by James Hough
Performances: Tuesday 19th to Saturday 23rd May 2009, Prompt Corner
Written by Brecht when in exile in America in 1943, this play is set mostly in occupied Prague in 1942, although we also have scenes in such diverse places as Hitler's HQ and frozen wastes near Stalingrad. This is a satirical tale involving Schweyk (a dog-dealer in Prague) who becomes increasingly embroiled with the occupying Nazi forces, to comic effect. He is, for example, subject to interrogation at the hands of the Gestapo; forced on a mission to kidnap a particular dog for an SS Lieutenant; imprisoned in a military prison; and ends up conscripted by the Wehrmacht, marching to the relief of Stalingrad.
Cast
* Mr Schweyk - Alan Brown
* Mr Baloun - Peter Medd
* Mrs Anna Kopecka - Jenny McLaughlin
* Young Prochazka / SS-Schütze (Prague Goods Yards) / Czech Prisoner – James Furlong
* Kati / "Lady" in Hitler's HQ / Mobile Squad to HQ Trooper No. 1 – Lena Feindt
* Anna / "Lady" in Hitler's HQ / Mobile Squad to HQ Trooper No. 2 / Customer in the Chalice – Karen Webb
* SS-Obersturmführer Bullinger / Wehrmachtdekan Bullinger / Officer at Hitler's HQ / Czech Prisoner / Singing Panzer Trooper - David Blatcher
Reichsmarschall (and Reichs Minister of Aviation, Forestry etc etc) Hermann Göring / SS-Schütze Müller II / Customer at the Chalice / German Soldier, Prague Goods Yards (off stage voice) / Mr Vojte / Russian Peasant / Deserting German Soldier / Singing Panzer Trooper - Sean Chapman
* Paul Joseph Goebbels, Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, und Gauleiter von Berlin / Customer at the Chalice / Agent, German Department of "Woluntary Var Verk" / Czech Prisoner / Singing Panzer Trooper - Nick Conway
* Geheime Staatspolizei Agent Brettschneider / Generalfeldmarschall Von Bock ("Der Sterber"), Kommandant, Heeresgruppe Süd / Heer Doctor / Singing Panzer Trooper - Christopher Vian-Smith
* Der Führer des Großdeutschen Reiches, Adolf Hitler - Alan Buckman
* Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler / SS Officer (Prague Goods Yards) / German Soldier / Deserting German Soldier / Singing Panzer Trooper- Stefan Lorett
* German Soldier - Derek Dempsey
* German Soldier - Stuart Grimwood
* Lux, Mr Vojte's dog - himself
Feel free to contact the director if you need any further information.
For more details, please contact James Hough, Director
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