“Dear Brother Erwin! As lovely as “little brother (Brüderlein)” sounds, “brother” is not meant to be less heartfelt. Your congratulations on my 65th Birthday did not come too late. I’m still alive!! Our poor, dear Brecht [Playwright & Composer Bertolt Brecht] unfortunately is no more. It was difficult for me to take and we all were hit hard […]
Yes, I’d like to have a birthday present from you too, and it would be for me to do the decor for a play you would stage here in Berlin with us. And it would have to be a very bold construction, of the kind that can be done only with you, because no other director would so much as consider it.”
