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Bertolt Brecht — Part 1
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BRECZ¥ on this occasion that ho hed just roturncd from a conferunce concorning
the mamsoript and thet the person eonsidcring it wis worricd chout the “Undor=
ground” mattor., Ho badd however that he had pointed out te this individucl
th:t tho “undorground" mattor camo up only once und could be casily éisposcd
BAPE UTE tide he he ee te ae 2 ee De eee BT 8 nee ee net tt bh
of. CMF FCAGCECG Wiel O26 1m Fae. GO ab el W456 PIOosCaty FT Wie
confcrenco.
COML.CTS TITS Tis SOVIET VICE CONSULATE
Source QI <cviecd that thc BRECET outomobilo was obsurved ot
the Sovict Vicc Consulate in Los .ngoles en tho night of October 14, 19446 at © |
which time « forcwell perty was buing given for MIKHAIL-RALATOZOV, fcrmer
Russian film rcprceascntcative,. GREGORY-KASPaROV, sucecssor of GREGORT “A= SII Sie,
vend a <DROL-VaSSILISV ora lmoarm te hav 4 enc fro om Son Feonsi geo te if3 ner Tne
7 ar be de li r- ro Caled age oe
wad te have cttunded this party.
C.N.D.T. fs reperted thct on Ootebcr 30, 1944 MIKHAIL
UNIV, Sovict Vico Consul at Les angulos, eontceted BERT BRECHT for tho
Gddrcss of HETARICH AABN.
aceording te c beok reviow in the New York Times of Dcecmbor
17, 1944, SSRT BRECHT publishcd a book entitlod "Tho- rivets life of the Master
Reco", This work wes trconslotecd, with on osscy, by ERIC RUSSELL BOATISY. It
was publishcd by New Dircetions, Norfolk, Connccticut, Tho review stctcs thet
in this work BRECHT presents cs his tragic hero the nation of Gormany during tho
period from 19355 to 1938. It is scid thct tho plon is intonsoly dramtic even
though addrossod to the critical intclligoncee-ratheor thon the cmotions--of ths
evornge audicncs, . :
With rofoeranes to pirticuler opieaodce, the review atates that
Tere a=s Sree Se ee SF SS e S ape ee
thoir indopendont offoct is subordinctcd te tho whole and moant to inspire
wetion rathcr than pity. It is scid that in this book BRECHT involves tho |
whole German poople in his action, so that suspense is cutometicclly “raisod"
to tho lovol of socicty rathor than individucls. Tho rewiowor states thet
while it is his undorstanding thct ethors suggcstod “lewored" cs c bottor word
than "rciscd", BRECET's cesumption is ct lonst o precondition for political
chango, Tho roviow concludos "ERECHT hes m.ncgcd to koop Propagand=
subscrvicnt to art....The plcy, nocrly porfoct in form, is full of grotusquo |
touchos of art, But our political acriptwritors socm te have becn most
imprvssod by BR.CET's between-secac vursos and docliamtions which, at loust
in trens lotion, appoar highly dispensable." 7
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