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...most important offerings are verso plays: one a translation by Gerhard Nellhaus of Bertolt Brecht's "The Lesson," the other an original one-acter, "Three Words in No Time," by Lyon Phelps. "The Lesson," which is the better of the two, I think, defies analysis. It has almost no action, its characters have no individuality (they are called "The Speaker," "A One" and such), it has a chorus and a musical background, the audience is expected to join in and repeat certain lines. The ostensible topic of discussion is a crashed airman who is on the verge of death...
...Lesson," of course, is fearfully modern and different, and hence it is almost impossible to assess. I found it very interesting. Nellhaus' translation appears to be excellent: certainly the play emerges in English as well worth reading, and its poetry is smooth...
...Nellhaus, Gerhard...
German: W. Eberlein '43, G. Nellhaus...
Ernest A. Mitchell '44, Robert W. Mevs '42, John A. Morgan '44, William C. Murphy '42, Gerhard Nellhaus '44, Arthur H. Northrup '42, Caspar R. Ordal '44, Palmer Osborn '44, Harold C. Passer '43, Donald J. Patton, Dick S. Payne '43, Daniel M. Pearce '42, Jack M. Peterson...