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Word: echt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scene production, shunning traditional grandiosities, keeps largely to a simple platform stage, at times with no more props than a bench and a tree, and often vivid expressionist lighting. The production suffers, however, from a total lack of style, from seeming solidly, even a little clumpingly, echt Deutsch. It may not seem too German for those who know German; for those who do not, Faust is more rewarding in Marlowe's play, or Berlioz' or Gounod's or even Boito's music. But, if not exactly something to see, as a great classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Old Play in Manhattan | 2/17/1961 | See Source »

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