Brechtian theatre is an abstract form of theatre. Its main feature consists of breaking that boundary between actors on stage and the audience watching. Generally, the actors will enter and/or exit from the audience and pose socio-cultural issues that will make the audience member ask themselves a sub-conscious question about the issue. Shakespearean and Greek theatre is somewhat your stock standard form of theatre.
Bertolt Brecht's birth name is Brecht, Eugen Berthold Friedrich.
Brechtian theatre is an abstract form of theatre. Its main feature consists of breaking that boundary between actors on stage and the audience watching. Generally, the actors will enter and/or exit from the audience and pose socio-cultural issues that will make the audience member ask themselves a sub-conscious question about the issue. Shakespearean and Greek theatre is somewhat your stock standard form of theatre.
Brecht [Trans Willet] , On Theatre, London, Methuen Drama; New Ed edition, 1978, page 173
Epic Theatre
Bertolt Brecht contributed to the movement known as epic theater. Epic theater was a movement that stated that a play should cause the viewer to have a moment of self-reflection rather than identifying with the characters in the play.
Siegfried Mews has written: 'Carl Zuckmayer' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation 'Essays on Brecht: theater and politics' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation 'Essays on Brecht: theater and politics' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation 'Essays on Brecht' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation 'Fisherman and His Wife' 'Bertolt Brecht, Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti' 'Essays on Brecht (North Carolina, University Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures : No 79)'
he encouraged naturalistic movement to the extravegent wold of drama. he introducced music to theatre
Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht, a German dramatist
Ricardo Blanco has written: 'Von Apu Ollantay bis Brecht' -- subject(s): Political aspects of Theater, Theater, Theater and society 'Sobre la piel de la nostalgia'
'Epic' in the context of 'epic theater' refers to the grand, sweeping scale of the narrative and themes presented in the plays. Epic theater focuses on social and political issues, aiming to provoke critical thinking and reflection among the audience through its use of non-linear storytelling, breaking the fourth wall, and alienation techniques.
Angelika Hurwicz has written: 'Brecht inszeniert' -- subject(s): Theater 'Legenden des 20. Jahrhunderts'
George Buehler has written: 'Bertolt Brecht, Erwin Piscator' -- subject(s): Aesthetics, History, Theater