Director Kate Mendeloff”s clear brown eyes sparkle when she discusses playwrite Bertolt Brecht. Her hands punctuate the air when she describes “The Threepenny Opera,” which the Residential College ...

PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill. German playwright Bertolt Brecht knew what American politics in recent years have proved beyond all doubt: the unique vulnerability of those who’ve ...

Learn about Bertolt Brecht, devices that use the alienation effect, and Brechtian staging when discussing Epic theatre and Brecht for GCSE Drama.

Bertolt Brecht and 20th century political theater In the 20th century, German playwright Bertolt Brecht revolutionized drama with the concept of “ epic theater .” ...

The German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) inspired extremes of loyalty and antipathy. ... John Fuegi’s controversial 1994 book “Brecht & Co.: Sex, Politics, ...

The Wooster Group and Bertolt Brecht might seem like strange bedfellows, but the New York experimental troupe’s staging of “The Mother,” one of Brecht’s “learning plays,” left me ...

Bertolt Brecht News from United Press International. Actor Laura Dern turns 51 and actor Yara Shahidi turns 18, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 10.

Excerpt: G-20, Toronto Politics and Bertolt Brecht by Sarah Sheard June 26, 2013 October 5, 2021. Author Sarah Sheard weaves an eccentric story of a reincarnated Bertolt Brecht in the midst of the ...