760-229 Brechtian Theatre

Formerly available as 760-351. Students who have completed 760-351 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. This is a theatre studies (T/P) subject.

25 points first-year level theatre studies or equivalent.

This subject involves a study of the theatre of Bertolt Brecht including the acting theory, the plays, the Berliner Ensemble, critical reception, contemporary adaptations and debates about the Brechtian legacy. The emphasis is on Brecht as a model for the integration of theory and practice through the notion of the rehearsal as an experimental/social laboratory. Consideration is given to the historical distance between Brecht's times and the present and its influence on contemporary theatre practice.