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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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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 ...

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