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Epic Theater "Epic Theatre turns the spectator into an observer, but arouses his capacity for action, forces him to take decisions. ... Brecht on Theatre. ... p37) The concept of "epic theatre" wasbrought to life by German playwright, Bertolt Brecht. ... Epic theatre is theassimilation of education through entertainment and is the antithesis ofStanislavskys Realism and also Expressionism. Brecht believed that,unlike epic theatre, Expressionism and Realism were incapable of exposinghuman nature and so had no educational value. He conjectured that hisform of theatre was capable of provoking a change in society. ... A play whose dramaticstructure and didactic purposes epitomises epic theatre is The CaucasianChalk Circle (CCC). ... Along this journey, countless places andpeople are encountered, a number that would only occur in epic theatre. In truly epic fashion, the play then regresses to the beginning of thestory and introduces a man, Azdak. ... Many components of The CCC brand it to be an epic drama. ... The ability of altering the situation and
time is another element of epic theatre. ... The existence of a social message
in this play further indicates that the CCC is indeed an example of epic
theatre. When performing an epic drama many Brechtian alienation
techniques can be incorporated. ... In
Brechts time he often used a German theatre called the Theater am
Schiffbauerdamn where the auditorium was structured in an extravagant way
close to fantasy, while its stage was stark and mechanical.
Approximate Word count = 1018
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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