Drums in the Night

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expressionist play play theatrical work

Drums in the Night is an early expressionist play by Bertolt Brecht that explores post–World War I disillusionment and social upheaval in Germany.

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Label	Occurrences
Drums in the Night canonical	1
Trommeln in der Nacht	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expressionist play ⓘ play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ
author	Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
awarded	Kleist Prize ⓘ
awardYear	1922 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
dramaticStyle	early Brechtian style ⓘ elements of epic theatre ⓘ
explores	return of a soldier presumed dead ⓘ tension between personal happiness and political commitment ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1922 ⓘ
follows	Baal ⓘ Drums in the Night (Brecht’s second major play) ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ Expressionism ⓘ surface form: expressionism
hasCharacter	Andreas Kragler ⓘ Anna Balicke ⓘ Babusch ⓘ Frau Balicke ⓘ Frau Hassenreuter ⓘ Glubb ⓘ Karl Balicke ⓘ Kiepert ⓘ Murck ⓘ Neumann ⓘ
hasTranslation	English ⓘ
historicalContext	German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ Spartacist uprising ⓘ
mainTheme	class conflict ⓘ impact of war on individuals ⓘ political unrest ⓘ post–World War I disillusionment ⓘ social upheaval in Germany ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Drums in the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trommeln in der Nacht
partOf	Bertolt Brecht’s early works ⓘ
periodOfWork	Weimar Republic ⓘ surface form: Weimar Republic era
premiereLocation	Munich ⓘ
premiereTheatre	Münchner Kammerspiele ⓘ
publisher	Kiepenheuer Verlag ⓘ
settingPlace	Berlin ⓘ
settingTime	post–World War I period ⓘ
structure	four acts ⓘ
subject	bourgeois society in Germany ⓘ revolution and counterrevolution ⓘ war veterans ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Trommeln in der Nacht