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DRUMS IN THE NIGHT

on BBC Radio 3

by Bertolt Brecht translated from the German by RICHARD BECKLEY
Adapted by Martin Esslin Music by MICHAEL DRESS with Kenneth Haigh
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by MARTIN ESSLIN
Set in Germany immediately after the end of the First World War Drums in the Night has the characteristic poetic sweep and bitterness of Brecht's earliest pre-Marxist period. It is this play which made Brecht famous at the age of twenty-four.
Jeffrey Dench is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Beckley
Adapted By:
Martin Esslin
Music By:
Michael Dress
Unknown:
Kenneth Haigh
Produced By:
Martin Esslin
Unknown:
Jeffrey Dench
Narrator:
Rolf Lefebvre
Herr Balicke:
John Sharp
Frau Balicke:
Gladys Spencer
Anna:
Freda Dowie
Murk:
Jeffrey Dench
Babusch:
Haydn Jones
Kragler:
Kenneth Haigh
Manke, the waiter:
George Merritt
Marie:
Jan Edwards
First Man:
John Wyse
Second man:
John Bryning
Glubb:
Alan Dudley
Bulltrotter:
Peter Williams
Drunken man:
Anthony Viccars
Augusta:
Barbara Mitchell

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