It's only in a state of intoxication that Puntila can bear his existence and the world around him. Only when he gets drunk can he repress the huge gap that exists between him and his servant Matti. Yet his attempts to strike up a friendship and associate with him, to become a people's person and philanthropist are doomed to failure. The domination of the master over the servant cannot be denied. Puntila ruthlessly exploits his people for his own purposes, as he himself elaborates at length when he's sober. People around him must endure the changeable moods and whims of the landowner: Hiring labourers on one day, he fires them on the next. He betrothes several women only to chase them off shortly afterwards. He wants to marry his daughter Eva off to some precious attaché, then changes his mind and considers his servant Matti a better catch. Brecht himself directed the premiere of the play at the Schauspielhaus Zurich in 1948 in collaboration with Kurt Hirschfeld.
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Mr Puntila and His Man Matti
by Bertolt Brecht
Cast and Team
Puntila, Gutsbesitzer
Robert
Hunger-Bühler
Hunger-Bühler
Eva Puntila, seine Tochter
Carolin
Conrad
Conrad
Matti, sein Chauffeur
Johann
Jürgens
Jürgens
Der Attaché / Der Viehdoktor / Der rote Surkkala
Jirka
Zett
Zett
Der Richter / Der Rothaarige
Klaus
Brömmelmeier
Brömmelmeier
Die Schmugglermama / Die Pröpstin
Susanne-Marie
Wrage
Wrage
Das Apothekenfräulein / Der Kümmerliche
Miriam
Maertens
Maertens
Die Telefonistin
Dagna
Litzenberger Vinet
Litzenberger Vinet
Laina / Ein dicker Mann
Gottfried
Breitfuss
Breitfuss
Live Music
Alexander
Tucker
Tucker
Direction
Sebastian Baumgarten
Set Designer
Thilo Reuther
Costume Designer
Christina Schmitt
Sound
Alexander Tucker
Video
Chris Kondek
Video Assistant
Tabea Rothfuchs
Dramaturg
Gwendolyne Melchinger
Lighting Designer
Frank Bittermann
Assistant Director
Clara Isabelle Dobbertin
Assistant Stage Designer
Marie Hartung
Assistant Costume Designer
Tiziana Angela Ramsauer
Stage Manager
Ralf Fuhrmann
Prompter
Yvette Simone Pfeil
Theatre Education
Anne Britting
Internship Direction
Sophie Angern
Internship Stage Design
Heinrich Thommen
Internship Costumes
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