Brecht in practice : theatre, theory and performance /
"Bertolt Brecht's reputation as a flawed, irrelevant or difficult thinker for the theatre can often go before him to such an extent that we run the risk of forgetting the achievements that made him and his company, the Berliner Ensemble, famous around the world. David Barnett examines both...
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Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
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Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2015. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Methuen drama engage
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"Bertolt Brecht's reputation as a flawed, irrelevant or difficult thinker for the theatre can often go before him to such an extent that we run the risk of forgetting the achievements that made him and his company, the Berliner Ensemble, famous around the world. David Barnett examines both Brecht the theorist and Brecht the practitioner to reveal the complementary relationship between the two. This book aims to sensitize the reader to the approaches Brecht took to the world and the stage with a view to revealing just how carefully he thought about and realized his vision of a politicized, in "A re-examination of Bertolt Brecht the theatre practitioner in the light of his theoretical writings and his work in the theatre"-- |
Carrier Form: | viii, 245 pages ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781408185032 1408185032 9781408183663 1408183668 |
Index Number: | PT2603 |
CLC: | J805.516 |
Call Number: | J805.516/B261 |
Contents: | Introduction -- 1. Revealing the Radical Theorist -- 2. Buying brass as Performative Thinking -- 3. Brecht and Difference -- 4. Method Trumps styles -- 5. Brecht and the Actor -- 6. Brecht and the Director -- 7. Brecht, Documentation and the Art of Copying -- 8. Using Brecht's Method -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |