This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decades. The volume demonstrates how the theories of Epic Theatre and Alienation evolved and contains notes and essays on the staging of The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, Galileo, and many others of his plays. Also included is A Short Organum for the Theatre, Brecht's most complete statement of his revolutionary philosophy of the theatre.
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Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
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Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic,
By Mr DM Hall (England) - See all my reviews
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There is only one way to describe this book: Paperback gold. I am currently studying A-Level theatre studies and I couldn't ask for a better resource on Brecht than this. However, I don't think it is necessary to be a drama student to read this book. Obviously some background knowledge of Brecht is helpful when tackling some of the essays that he has written but if you have any kind of interest in the theatre then have a go with this, it's very well edited and above all it's really quite an easy read.
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Useful Toolkit for Theorists and Dramatists,
By Myron Makewater "redcrosseknight" (Laramie) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic (Paperback)
Brecht's theater is a blast, a genuine attempt to do something unique and productive with the heretofore conservative and corporate medium of the stage. It represents the first wave of revolution in European theater since the English stage was closed in the mid-17th century. Brecht successfully constructs an antifascist, anti-exploitative theater without being didactic or heavyhanded about it. (As I mentioned, it's actually a blast.) Much of his success came from surrounding himself with brilliant and dedicated people, and much of the success of this collection of Brecht's writings comes from Brecht's polishing his ideas in the tumbler of real practice with those people. For me, Brecht's passing comments on Aristotle and Shakespeare are worth the price of admission.
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In Brecht's own words,
This review is from: Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic (Paperback)
An invaluable primary source for the study of Brecht and Political Theater. Brecht explains the fundamentals of his aesthetics, influences, theories, as well as the development of a rehearsal system. Essential for students of theater.
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Last Saturday night we sang his songs to the guitar as we swarmed down the Lech under the star-dusted sky: the song to Franziska, the one about the blind boy, a dance song. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social gest, orthodox theatre, epic theatre, epic actor, street demonstrator, bourgeois theatre, folk play, alienation effect, bourgeois novel, scene designer, chalk circle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mother Courage, Die Mutter, New York, Helene Weigel, Berliner Ensemble, Caspar Neher, Der Flug, East Berlin, East Germany, People's Tribunes, Das Wort, Deutsches Theater, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Der Hofmeister, Ernst Busch, Fritz Kortner, Galy Gay, High German, Kurt Weill, Peter Lorre, Socialist Realist, Werner Hecht, Erich Engel, German Democratic Republic, Lotte Lenya New!
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Last Saturday night we sang his songs to the guitar as we swarmed down the Lech under the star-dusted sky: the song to Franziska, the one about the blind boy, a dance song. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social gest, orthodox theatre, epic theatre, epic actor, street demonstrator, bourgeois theatre, folk play, alienation effect, bourgeois novel, scene designer, chalk circle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mother Courage, Die Mutter, New York, Helene Weigel, Berliner Ensemble, Caspar Neher, Der Flug, East Berlin, East Germany, People's Tribunes, Das Wort, Deutsches Theater, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Der Hofmeister, Ernst Busch, Fritz Kortner, Galy Gay, High German, Kurt Weill, Peter Lorre, Socialist Realist, Werner Hecht, Erich Engel, German Democratic Republic, Lotte Lenya New!
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- Die Mutter (German Edition) by Brecht on 13 pages
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht on 7 pages
- Massnahme (German Edition) by Bertholt Brecht in Front Matter, page 90, and page 145
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