sentences:  Bronnen also wrote "Birth of Youth" ("Geburt der Jugend", 1922) and "Die Excesse" (1923).After having collaborated on film treatments and various theatrical projects together, in 1923 Bronnen and Brecht co-directed a condensed version of "Pastor Ephraim Magnus" (a nihilistic, Expressionist play, according to "The Cambridge Guide", "stuffed with perversities and sado-masochistic motifs") by Hans Henny Jahnn.Later in his life he wrote reportage plays.