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''Mr Puntila and his Man Matti'' ((ドイツ語:Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti)) is an epic comedy by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. It was written in 1940 and first performed in 1948. The story describes the aristocratic land-owner Puntila's relationship to his servant, Matti, as well as his daughter, Eva, who he wants to marry off to an Attaché. Eva herself loves Matti and so Puntila has to decide whether to marry his daughter to his driver or to an Attaché, while he also deals with a drinking problem. In his essay "Notes on the Folk Play" (written in 1940), Brecht warns that "naturalistic acting is not enough in this case" and recommends an approach to staging that draws on the ''Commedia dell'Arte''.〔Willett and Manheim (1994, 392).〕 The central relationship between Mr Puntila and Matti—in which Puntila is warm, friendly and loving when drunk, but cold, cynical and penny-pinching when sober—echoes the relationship between the Tramp and the Millionaire in Charlie Chaplin's ''City Lights'' (1931). The play is also an inspiration for some of the main characters in Vishal Bhardwaj's Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola.〔Bharadwaj's interview in The Big Indian Picture http://thebigindianpicture.com/2014/03/vishal-bhardwaj-tbip-tete-a-tete.〕 ==Characters== * Puntila, ''a landowner'' * Eva, ''his daughter'' * Matti, ''his chauffeur'' * The Waiter * The Judge * The Attaché * The Vet * Sly-Grog Emma * The Chemist's Assistant * The Milkmaid * The Telephonist * A Fat Man * A Labourer * The Red-haired Man * The Weedy Man * Red Surkkala * His Four Children * Laina, ''the cook'' * Fina, ''the parlourmaid'' * The Lawyer * The Parson * The Parson's Wife * 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「Mr Puntila and his Man Matti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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