Big Brecht Fest

The Young Vic Theatre presents the Big Brecht Fest featuring four works presented two at a time.

Double Bill 1
A Respectable Wedding & The Jewish Wife
29 March 2007 – 14 April 2007
The Maria & The Clare

A Respectable Wedding
Translation by Rory Bremner
One of Brecht’s first performed plays. A gloriously comic account of the worst kind of family do. A Direct Action production.

The Jewish Wife
Translation by Martin Crimp
Berlin – the city of Jews. A woman reassures her friends and packs her life into a suitcase.

Double Bill 2
Señora Carrar’s Rifles & How Much Is Your Iron?
20 April 2007 – 5 May 2007
The Maria & The Clare

Señora Carrar’s Rifles
Translation by Biyi Bandele
Carrar must choose: protect her sons or back the resistance. A pocket political thriller.

How Much Is Your Iron?
Translation by Enda Walsh
A mixture of cabaret and morality tale, a corrosive satire on the international arms trade.
A Direct Action production.

One ticket includes admission to both shows on the double bill.