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...minor omission in the CRIMSON Review article on Brecht yesterday was the title of the book under discussion. It was Seven Plays by Bertolt Brecht, edited and with an introduction by Eric Bentley; Grove Press, New York, 1961. 537pp...
...joke "slips in on us by surprise before our anxiety and guilt can react." Our fears are allayed, our desires released, and we become elated and powerful, Bentley said. "Humor is an adult device for becoming a child...
...only possible answer cannot definitive, but it is satisfactory: play's the thing. And now, at t, the plays are there (seven of m, at least) handsomely colted in one volume, edited an induced by Eric Bentley. Admirers the German playwright can stop nplaining that no substantial collection of Brecht is available in Eng, and begin whimpering about price of the existing one. Things always getting better...
...Bentley's introductory mater is quite illuminating, and happi quite specific in treating the en plays offered. Because of his sonal friendship with the playght, he has had to circumvent dangers resulting from close tification. Narrowly avoiding a ipy tone in places, Bentley suc is presenting a feeling for Brecht's personality, and the result fortunate proportion of biogracal detail and critical comment...
...thoughtful discussion of Brecht must actually concern itself with the practicing playwright, and I will attempt to discuss The Caucasian Chalk Circle in relation to Brecht's broader accomplishment. This play enjoyed a successful run at the University last fall, and in the volume under discussion, represents to Bentley a peak of the author's accomplishment...