Bertold Brecht “Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”

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Bertold Brecht “Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”

Born in Germany 1898 He founded the Berliner Ensemble in 1949. He was strongly influenced by the political and cultural ideas associated with Marxism

Roots of Brecht’s theatre His theatre and theory is energetic The Bible emphasis on ordinary people offered Brecht a sense of how to combine the ordinary with the sublime (Unwin and Jones) Aristotle The classical world writers of Ancient Rome- supplied him with an example of a sophisticated society Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

Theories- Alienation Effect It occurs when the audience is encouraged to question its preconceptions and look at the familiar in a new and different way- making it strange. “Aiming not to put his audience into a trance, he must not go into a trance himself.” . - Brecht The acting must come across as if it has quotations marks around it. The actor must present each moment with clarity. He also has to demonstrate his own attitude to what is being shown. the use of the third person ” he said… she said”, is used in rehearsals and may be an option for the performance. To highlight important moments, the actors narrate the other characters decision ” instead of responding like this, he responded like that.”

Epic theatre The wanted distances between the introduction of songs, the caption in stage décor and the gestural conventions Epic theatre is unemotional characters grow before the spectator The resetting of props, scenery and costume changes have to be seen by the audience

Gestus Gestus refers to the embodiment of the social relationship. The overall attitude of society is portrayed through this technique. The text is set against the action There is no scenery. Unconnected scenes follow up form each other. “Epic theatre is gestural.” building block of his productions It means presenting action with quotations marks around it

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