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Berthold Viertel

Nonfiction

Spring 1946

The Group Theatre¹

By Berthold Viertel

Clurman and his Group Theatre had to fail ultimately, because the task was, as he foresaw, an impossible one. What he and the Group aimed at was the unattainable: a […]

Communications

Autumn 1945

The Brecht Performance

By Berthold Viertel

Sirs: My recent essay on the drama by Brecht ended with a prognosis concerning his The Private Life of the Master Race: Brecht…tried to give a picture of Germany (even […]