In the current issue of Theater der Zeit, Alexander Karschnia congratulates B. K. Tragelehn: When Brecht died, Tragelehn was 20 years old. Now Brecht has been dead for 70 years, and Tragelehn celebrates his 90th birthday. Anyone wondering what to make of Brecht today—now that his work is becoming, at least in part, public domain—can learn a great deal from his student. He gladly recalls that, for Brecht, theatre “required no other passport than fun—though this absolutely.”

Happy Birthday, dear B.K.!