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''Baal'' was the first full-length play written by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht.〔Willett (1967, 22-23).〕 It concerns a wastrel youth who becomes involved in several sexual affairs and at least one murder. It was written in 1918, when Brecht was a 20-year-old student at Munich University, in response to the expressionist drama ''The Loner'' (''Der Einsame'') by the soon-to-become-Nazi dramatist Hanns Johst.〔Willett and Manheim (1970, vii) and Thomson (1994, 25).〕 The play is written in a form of heightened prose and includes four songs and an introductory choral hymn ("Hymn of Baal the Great"), set to melodies composed by Brecht himself.〔 Brecht wrote it prior to developing the dramaturgical techniques of epic theatre that characterize his later work, although he did re-work the play in 1926. ==Characters== * Baal - ''poet'' * Mech - ''merchant and publisher'' * Emilie - ''Mech's wife'' * Dr. Piller - ''critic'' * Johannes Schmidt * Pschierer - ''director of the water rates'' * A Young Man * A Young Woman * Johanna * Ekart * Luise - ''a waitress'' * The Two Sisters * The Landlady * Sophie Barger * The Tramp * Lupu * Mjurk * The Nightclub Singer * Pianist * The Parson * Bolleboll * Gougou * The Old Beggar * Maja - ''the beggarwoman'' * The Young Woman * Watzmann * A Waitress * Two Policemen * Drivers * Peasants * Woodcutters 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baal (play)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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