Performing Brecht

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An unprecedented history of the production of Brecht's plays in Britain over the last forty years. Eddershaw surveys all aspects of Brecht in performance, from his methodologies to his place in postmodernist theatre and beyond.

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Full title :Performing Brecht / Margaret Eddershaw.

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Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

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Description:1 online resource (199 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:041508010X, 9780415080101, 0415080118, 9780415080118, 0203129830, 9780203129838
oclc:ocm54875296
LC Classification:PT2603.R397
Dewey Decimal:792.9/5/0941

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; BRECHT AND THE PERFORMER: MEASURING THE DISTANCE; Practitioners who influenced the young Brecht; The performer's distance in epic theatre; The epic theatre audience; Brecht and Stanislavski; The actor and the role; The actor and the audience; Decreasing the distance between Brecht and Stanislavski; Choosing his actors; Acting at the Berliner Ensemble; PERFORMING EARLY BRITISH BRECHT: FOLLOWING THE BERLINER; Preparing for Brecht; Brecht slips into Britain; Theatre Workshop and Mother Courage.

English Stage Company and The Threepenny OperaThe Royal Court and The Good Woman of Setzuan; Brecht and British playwrights; William Gaskill and British Brecht of the 1960s; The Berliner Ensemble returns; PERFORMING BRECHT POST-1968: THE RADICAL RESPONSES; The development of alternative theatre; Brecht by the radical touring companies; Brecht at the radical repertory theatres; Summary; PERFORMING 'CLASSICAL' BRECHT: MAKING THE STRANGE FAMILIAR.