In the Jungle of Cities

In the Jungle of Cities (Im Dickicht der Städte)

    Author: Bertolt Brecht

    First Performance: 1923, Munich

    Published: 1927

    First English Translation: 1961

    Genre: Drama in 11 scenes; German prose

    Setting: Chicago, 1912–15

    Cast: 13m, 3f

Shlink, a Malayan timber merchant, picks a quarrel with Garga, an inoffensive, idealistic, but stubborn librarian. Despite being poor, Garga refuses to sell Shlink his opinion about an unimportant book. Abandoning his girl Jane Larry to one of Shlink's henchmen, Garga throws away most of his clothes, and runs off. The battle lines are now drawn. Visiting Shlink in his office, Garga is dismayed to discover that his sister Marie has fallen in love with Shlink. In order to balance the unequal conflict, Shlink makes over his timber enterprise and his...

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