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