Changing Stages | Between Brecht and Beckett

Richard Eyre looks at influence of political and poetic dramas of Berthold Brecht and Samuel Beckett on British playwrights from 1960s to 1990s.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 50'10''
  • Broadcast date: 2000
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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