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Epic Theatres - Example Papers

Epic Theatres

"Epic Theatre turns the spectator into an observer, but arouses his
capacity for action, forces him to take decisions...the spectator stands
outside, studies." (Bertolt Brecht. Brecht on Theatre. New York:Hill &
Yang, 1964. p37)
The concept of “epic theatre” was brought to life by German playwright,
Bertolt Brecht. This direction of theatre was inspired by Brecht's Marxist
political beliefs. It was somewhat of a political platform for his
ideologies. Epic theatre is the assimilation of education through
entertainment and is the antithesis of Stanislavsky's Realism and also
Expressionism. Brecht believed that, unlike epic theatre, Expressionism
and Realism were incapable of ...

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alienated from it. The effect of this deliberate
exclusion makes it difficult for the audience to empathise with the
characters and their predicament. Thus, they could study the play's
social or political message and not the actual events being performed on
stage. This process is called Verfremdungseffekt, or the alienation effect,
where instead of identifying with the characters, the audience is reminded
that they are watching only a portrayal of reality. Several well-known
Brechtian plays include Drums in the Night, Edward 2, The Threepenny Opera,
Rise and Fall of the Town of Mahoganny, The Life of Galileo, The Good
Person of Szechwan, Triple-A Plowed Under, One-Third of a Nation, Mother
Courage and her children and the Caucasian Chalk Circle.

A play whose dramatic structure and didactic purposes epitomises epic
theatre is The Caucasian Chalk Circle (CCC). The prologue of this play
transpires in a Caucasian village of the Soviet Union, where the people of
this village are ...

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