Brecht in Practice

Theatre, Theory and Performance

By:

David Barnett

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Methuen Drama Engage

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David Barnett invites readers, students and theatre-makers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht in this clear and accessible study of Brecht's theories and practices. The book analyses how Brecht’s ideas can come alive in rehearsal and performance, and reveals just how carefully Brecht realized his vision of a politicized, interventionist theatre. What emerges is a nuanced understanding of Brecht’s concepts, his work with actors and his approaches to directing. The reader is encouraged to engage with his method which sought to ‘make theatre politically’, in order to appreciate the innovations he introduced into his stagecraft. Barnett provides many examples of how Brecht's ideas can be staged, and the final chapter takes a closer look at two very different plays: one written by Brecht and one by a playwright with no acknowledged connection to Brecht. Through an interrogation of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Patrick Marber’s Closer, Barnett asks how a Brechtian approach can enliven and illuminate production.

Author Biography:

David Barnett is Reader in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Sussex, UK. He has published books on German theatre (studies on Heiner Müller and Rainer Werner Fassbinder), and is preparing a history of the Berliner Ensemble, the first book of its kind in any language. He has also published several essays and articles on German-, English-language, political and postdramatic theatre.

Release date Australia

November 20th, 2014

Author

David Barnett

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributors

Series edited by Enoch Brater
Series edited by Mark Taylor-Batty

Illustrations

10 illus

Pages

256

Series

Methuen Drama Engage

Dimensions

138x216x15

ISBN-13

9781408185032

Product ID

21697240

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