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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bertolt_BrechtBertolt Brecht - Wikipedia

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   Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose. London: Methuen. Baal, Drums in the Night, In the Jungle of Cities, The Life of Edward II in England , and Five One-Act Plays .

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Bertolt-BrechtBertolt Brecht | Biography, Plays, Epic Theater, Poems ...

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   Apr 12, 2024 · Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theater departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and developed the drama as a social and ideological forum for leftist causes. His notable plays include The Threepenny Opera and Mother Courage and Her Children.

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   • Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and d...
   • Brecht created numerous plays and theatrical productions during his career, including Die Dreigroschenoper (1928; The Threepenny Opera), The Caucas...
   • Brecht influenced the history of drama by creating epic theatre, which was based on the idea that the theatre should not seek to make its audience...

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4. www.stagemilk.com › best-bertolt-brecht-playsBest Bertolt Brecht Plays | Our 5 Favourite ... - StageMilk

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   A list of five plays by the modern theatre pioneer Bertolt Brecht, who created a unique form of theatre to spread ideas. Learn about his life, work and watch a video introduction to his style.

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   Feb 7, 2023 · Learn about the life and work of Bertolt Brecht, a German playwright who pioneered epic theatre and used it to critique social and political issues. Explore five of his plays, from Baal to Mother Courage, and their themes, styles and translations.

7. literariness.org › 2019/05/04 › analysis-of-bertoltAnalysis of Bertolt Brecht’s Plays – Literary Theory and ...

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   May 4, 2019 · Learn about Brecht’s theories of epic theater, which aim to make the audience aware of social abuses and provoke them to change the world. Explore his use of alienation devices, historical material, and songs in his plays.

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   How did Bertolt Brecht influence others?

   • Bertolt Brecht (born February 10, 1898, Augsburg, Germany—died August 14, 1956, East Berlin) was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and developed the drama as a social and ideological forum for leftist causes.

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   What was Brecht's theory of theater?

   • Brecht is well known for his theories on epic theater. Although this concept did not originate with Brecht, he developed it into a revolutionary form of drama. (Toward the end of his life, Brecht wanted to change the name of his theater from “epic” to “dialectical,” to stress the central role of argument in his plays.)

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   What is the tone of Brecht's plays?

   • In them, he glorifies antisocial outsiders such as adventurers, pirates, and prostitutes; the tone of these works is often cynical. In the years after his conversion to Marxism, Brecht wrote didactic plays, similar in many respects to late medieval morality plays, whose style is austere and functional.

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   What was Brecht's role in the Schauspiel Frankfurt?

   • Brecht's plays were a focus of the Schauspiel Frankfurt when Harry Buckwitz was general manager, including the world premiere of Die Gesichte der Simone Machard in 1957. Collective and collaborative working methods were inherent to Brecht's approach, as Fredric Jameson (among others) stresses.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Life_of_GalileoLife of Galileo - Wikipedia

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   Life of Galileo (German: Leben des Galilei), also known as Galileo, is a play by the 20th century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and collaborator Margarete Steffin with incidental music by Hanns Eisler.