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Bertolt Brecht — Part 1
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siness | a theatrical 2 natures BRECHT gave no specific address in ew Yock
» was going, but stated that he could be reached there through Be.
» 66 West Twelfth Street, New York City,
Relative to Subject’s activity in New York, it is observed
from the April, 1913, issue of "FREIES DEUTSCHLAND", @ German-language period-
ical published in Mexico, that BRECHT's works are being read there as par’ of |
-, & Program dedicated to him, This matter was reported in the above publication
, Oo the caption "New York Letter", written by ALFREL PANTOROWICZ 9 A portion
of this article relative to BRECHT is translated as fo
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"The literary activity of the anti-Fascist German American circles
in New Tork were stimulated by the arrival of BERT BRECHT in New
York, The 'fribune for Free German Art and Literature in America’
took possession of the man and his new works. On Saturday, March
6, a BERT BRECHT evening will be held in the theater of the ‘New
School" in New York, directed by ERWIN PISCATOR. This occasion
was initiated’ by the ‘Tribune’ and is under the artistic direction
. , Of PRIEDRICH in the ence of the guest. The former (and
one may well the future} publisher of the German editions of Y
BRECHT! a works, WIELAND » Will open the program. One wili .
hear phonograph records, some of the songs of BRECHT which are fan-
diiar and liked by all anti-Fascists in the world—for example, the
Solidarity Song, whose refrain will certainly be hummed or sung by
‘~ the audiences ‘Forward, and do not forget the source of our
‘ strength', | will, pead | new poetic prose written by
BESCHT. The German actor FETEXJLONEE, woo has become & star in
Bollywood, will recite poess BRECHT. And ELIZABETH/ mht
. ds unnecessary to explain her importance to German acting, every-
‘ane knows her—will read BERT BRECHT's ballad 'The Children's Cro-
sade', which was first published in the German American pericdical
"The German-American’, which is well worth reading."
It is noted that the above quotation makes reference to
one WIEIAND HERZFELDE, publisher of the German editions of BRECHTts works,
ey as. —_ ee KK BK ae ALK —Fe —~_ KL SKA. D2 Oe _
. & check of the edition of ERECHT's works containing the play entitled “Dis
- Massnabas* (known in English as the Expedient{ or"The Disciplinary Measure")
7 Which has been previously reported on, indicates that WIELAND HERZFEIDE's
name appears on the copyright page, together with the name of the Malik-
_ Verlag Publishing Company. Further reference to HERZFELDE will be found —
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