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Epic Theatre (Encyclopedia Entry).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic Theatre (Encyclopedia Entry).
- History & Society.
- Audience & Spectatorship.
- Comedy.
- Drama.
- Satire.
- Tragicomedy.
- Epic.
- Twentieth Century.
- Local Subjects:
- Epic Theatre (Encyclopedia Entry).
- History & Society.
- Audience & Spectatorship.
- Comedy.
- Drama.
- Satire.
- Tragicomedy.
- Epic.
- Twentieth Century.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Digital Theatre Plus.
- Place of Publication:
- Digital Theatre, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In the early 20th century Bertolt Brecht and his contemporaries sought to establish a radical dramaturgy for a new political theatre. Epic theatre, as described by Brecht, evinces particular qualities: firstly, it is episodically structured and may follow multiple plotlines simultaneously; secondly, it is presentational, making no attempt to generate any illusion of authenticity; thirdly, it is not driven by the choices of individual characters, but important political and moral ideas; and fourthly, it is designed to provoke a thoughtful, intellectual response to moral and political problems, not an emotional one.
- Notes:
- Michael Chemers: Academic;
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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