Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatzer (American premiere) (original) (raw)

The 1978 American premiere of the 1926 play Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatzer took place November 9, 1978, Off-Broadway at the Shelter West Theatre Company. It was directed by W. Stuart McDowell, then Artistic Director of the Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York, where McDowell subsequently staged the New York premiere of another of Brecht's early plays, Edward II. This production was inspired by the first German production of two years before, but in no way attempted to copy that production, but rather endeavored to develop a production style more appropriate to Brecht's theatre work of the 1920s.