Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since, it has now been wholly revised, re-edited and expanded with additional texts, illustrations and editorial material, and new translations. The resulting work is a far fuller and more accurate volume that will provide readers with a clearer and more rewarding understanding of Brecht's work and writings.

This updated third edition features:

* Clearer layout and organisation of the text to facilitate study
* New translations of many of the Brechtian texts featured
* Over 40 new, previously untranslated essays
* Essay titles now correspond to the German originals
* A revised selection of illustrations

This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decades. The volume demonstrates how the theories of Epic Theatre and Verfremdung evolved, and contains notes and essays on the staging of The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, Galileo and many others of his plays. Also included is 'Short Organon for the Theatre', Brecht's most complete statement of his revolutionary philosophy of the theatre.

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Media & Performing Arts

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Theatre Playwriting

A

New

eatre

87

3.

Projections

[list 

omitted, 

pp.116-7]

4.

e 

epic 

method 

of

representation

Epic 

theatre 

uses 

the

simplest 

possible 

groupings, 

ones 

that 

clearly 

reveal 

the

meaning 

of

the

incidents 

portrayed. 

It

abandons 

‘random’, 

‘life-like’, 

‘casual’ 

grouping: 

its

stage 

does 

not

reﬂect 

the

‘natural’ 

disorder 

of

things. 

Its

goal 

is

the

opposite 

of

natural 

disorder: 

natural 

order. 

e 

ordering 

principles 

are

of

a

social 

and

historical 

nature. 

For

some, 

it

may

simplify 

matters 

to

think 

of

the

standpoint 

to

be

adopted 

by

the

director 

as

that 

of

the

genre 

painter 

and

the

historian 

(although 

this 

does 

not

suﬃce 

to

characterize 

it

fully). 

e 

second 

scene 

of

e 

Mother

includes 

the

following 

incidents 

which 

the

director 

should 

emphasize 

clearly 

and

render 

distinct 

from 

one

another:

1.

e 

young 

worker 

Pavel 

Vlassova 

is

visited 

for

the

ﬁrst 

time 

by

revolutionary 

comrades 

who

want 

to

use

his

home 

for

illegal 

activities.

2.

His

mother 

is

troubled 

to

see

him

in

the

company 

of

revolutionary 

workers 

and

tries 

to

get

rid

of

them.

Figure 

3

Caspar 

Neher’s 

set

design 

for

the

1932

production 

of

e 

Mother

.

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Picture Credits
General Introduction
Part One A New Theatre
Part Two Exile Years
Part Three Return to Germany
Select Bibliography
Index
Plates

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