Baal

Baal is a play by Bertholt Brecht, written in 1918 and staged for the first time in 1923. It was the first full-length play he wrote.

In mythology Baal is a Syrian fertility god challenging Jahve. Brecht's Baal is a debauched, amoral libertine who devours female company of different kinds. He enjoys and takes advantage of the women, but he is never satisfied. Instead, he perishes from alcohol, anxiety and loneliness.