If I were to tell you that Bertolt Brecht, that scion of 20th century epic theater, was a significant contributor to some of the best of Borscht Belt-style slapstick comedy during the latter part of that century, you might be skeptical.But in 1963, a young actor named Gene Wilder was working alongside a certain Anne Bancroft during a Broadway production of "Mother Courage and her Children," in a rather minor role as the Chaplain. At the time, the flinty Ms. Bancroft had spent a couple [...]
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