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The good person of Sichuan

a parable play (a version made for the National Theatre, based on the Santa Monica version, 1943)

by Bertolt Brecht, Michael Hofmann

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Published specifically for a National Theatre production, this translation of Bertolt's drama, a parable of good and evil, is the tale of Shen Te, a prostitute who must invent and impersonate a ruthless male cousin in order not to be bankrupted and ruined by greedy neighbours.

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