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Bertolt
Brecht
1898-1956
Aristotelian Theatre
Unity of Time
 Unity of Place
 Unity of Action
 Emotional Catharsis
 Naturalism/Realism
 Theatrical Illusion

Epic Theatre
Episodic Plot Structure
 Setting the Stage
 Historification
 Acting Style
 Song

Alienation
Effect
Verfremdungseffecttranslates as to make
strange
To think, to write or
produce a play also
means to transform
society, to transform the
state, to subject
ideologies to close
scrutiny.
-Bertolt Brecht-
Mother Courage and Her Children
About Mother Courage and Her
Children Brecht said, that he
wanted to show that “war, which
is a continuation of business by
other means, makes the human
virtues fatal to their possessors.”