Brecht on Theatre

Brecht on Theatre
Author: Bertolt Brecht
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1964
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0809005425

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Essays of Brecht translated and edited to explain his theories and discussion of his dramatic works.

Brecht On Theatre

Brecht On Theatre
Author: Bertolt Brecht
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1472558626

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Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since, it has now been wholly revised, re-edited and expanded with additional texts, illustrations and editorial material, and new translations. The resulting work is a far fuller and more accurate volume that will provide readers with a clearer and more rewarding understanding of Brecht's work and writings. This updated third edition features: * Clearer layout and organisation of the text to facilitate study * New translations of many of the Brechtian texts featured * Over 40 new, previously untranslated essays * Essay titles now correspond to the German originals * A revised selection of illustrations 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 Verfremdung 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 'Short Organon for the Theatre', Brecht's most complete statement of his revolutionary philosophy of the theatre.

After Brecht

After Brecht
Author: Janelle G. Reinelt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1994
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780472084081

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How contemporary British political theater has evolved and expanded from the legacy of Bertolt Brecht

The Viewpoints Book

The Viewpoints Book
Author: Anne Bogart
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 155936677X

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First major exploration of a ground-breaking new technique for actors and theatre artists.

Brecht on Performance

Brecht on Performance
Author: Bertolt Brecht
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1408159503

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Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings for directors and theatre practitioners, and is suitable for acting schools, directors, actors, students and teachers of Theatre Studies. Through these texts Brecht provides a general practical approach to acting and to realising texts for the stage that crystallises and makes concrete many of the more theoretical aspects of his other writing. The volume is in two parts. The first features an entirely new commentated edition of Brecht's dialogues and essays about the practice of theatre, known as the Messingkauf, or Buying Brass, including the 'Practice Pieces' for actors (rehearsal scenes for classics by Shakespeare and Schiller). The second contains rehearsal and production records from Brecht's work on productions of Life of Galileo, Antigone, Mother Courage and others. Edited by an international team of Brecht scholars and including an essay by director and teacher Di Trevis examining the practical application of these texts for theatres and actors today, Brecht on Performance is a wonderfully rich resource. The text is illustrated with over 30 photographs from the Modelbooks.

Bertolt Brecht in Context

Bertolt Brecht in Context
Author: Stephen Brockmann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1108634141

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Bertolt Brecht in Context examines Brecht's significance and contributions as a writer and the most influential playwright of the twentieth century. It explores the specific context from which he emerged in imperial Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as Brecht's response to the turbulent German history of the twentieth century: World Wars One and Two, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi dictatorship, the experience of exile, and ultimately the division of Germany into two competing political blocs divided by the postwar Iron Curtain. Throughout this turbulence, and in spite of it, Brecht managed to remain extraordinarily productive, revolutionizing the theater of the twentieth century and developing a new approach to language and performance. Because of his unparalleled radicalism and influence, Brecht remains controversial to this day. This book – with a Foreword by Mark Ravenhill – lays out in clear and accessible language the shape of Brecht's contribution and the reasons for his ongoing influence.

Brecht in Practice

Brecht in Practice
Author: David Barnett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1408186020

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David Barnett invites readers, students and theatre-makers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht in this clear and accessible study of Brecht's theories and practices. The book analyses how Brecht's ideas can come alive in rehearsal and performance, and reveals just how carefully Brecht realized his vision of a politicized, interventionist theatre. What emerges is a nuanced understanding of Brecht's concepts, his work with actors and his approaches to directing. The reader is encouraged to engage with his method which sought to 'make theatre politically', in order to appreciate the innovations he introduced into his stagecraft. Barnett provides many examples of how Brecht's ideas can be staged, and the final chapter takes a closer look at two very different plays: one written by Brecht and one by a playwright with no acknowledged connection to Brecht. Through an interrogation of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Patrick Marber's Closer, Barnett asks how a Brechtian approach can enliven and illuminate production.

Brecht, Turkish Theater, and Turkish-German Literature

Brecht, Turkish Theater, and Turkish-German Literature
Author: Ela E. Gezen
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2018
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1640140247

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Uncovers the central role of Brecht reception in Turkish theater and Turkish-German literature, examining interactions between Turkish and German writers, texts, and contexts.

Brecht and Company

Brecht and Company
Author: John Fuegi
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780802139108

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The result of twenty-five years of research on three continents, Brecht and Company is a revolutionary portrait of one of the world's greatest theater artists -- and the people upon whom he built his reputation. A noted Brecht scholar, John Fuegi traces the evolution of Brecht's parasitic relationships and aggressive ambition through close analysis of diaries, letters, and drafts of the literary works, revealing a man who was personally dazzling, a genius at assembling and directing the plays created in his workshop, but ultimately lacking in literary stamina, for which he depended on his lovers. A landmark study about the life and times of one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century theater, Brecht and Co. will forever change our understanding of Brecht and his oeuvre. "[An] enormous, fascinating biography." -- The New Yorker "One of the most important critical studies of the century." -- New York Magazine