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  • Brecht in Practice: Theatre, Theory and Performance

    Brecht in Practice by Barnett, David;

    Theatre, Theory and Performance

    Series: Methuen Drama Engage;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Methuen Drama
    • Date of Publication 20 November 2014
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781408183663
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages256 pages
    • Size 216x138 mm
    • Weight 466 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 10 illus
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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.

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgements
    One: Revealing the Radical Theorist
    Two: The Messingkauf as Performative Thinking
    Three: Brecht and Difference
    Four: Method Trumps Means
    Five: Brecht and the Actor
    Six: Brecht and the Director
    Seven: Brecht, Documentation and the Art of Copying
    Eight: Brecht's Method in Action: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Closer by Patrick Marber
    Epilogue
    Endnotes
    Index

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