Bertolt Brecht

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8153-9688-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: Routledge Performance Practitioners

Zielgruppe

AS/A2, General, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mumford, Meg

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A LIFE OF FLUX Which Brecht? On the make: from Bavaria to Berlin (1898–1924) Changing the world: Weimar politics (1924–33) On the run: exile in Europe and America (1933–47) Building a collective: Brecht in the GDR (1947–56) Brecht today? 2. BRECHT’S KEY THEORIES Brecht in dialogue Brecht’s key concerns Getting the gist of Gestus Verfremdung and V-effects Historicization: questioning the present through the past The modern theatre is the epic theatre Dialectics in the theatre Brecht’s socialist realism: imitation meets experimentation Conclusion 3. THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE: A MODEL PRODUCTION Prologue: a model A historicizing epic A Berliner Ensemble show Epilogue: ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating’ 4. PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND WORKSHOP Preparing for spectActorship Section One: remembering exercises from the past Section Two: a workshop for Brechtians Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Meg Mumford is a Senior Llecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia.