THEA 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mother Courage And Her Children, Berliner Ensemble
21 Apr 2015
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There are 2 types of absurd theatre: a bsurd theatre = Life is not a new idea seen in shakespeare. Life is nonsensical: a bsurd theatre = Unbridged dissonance between the fact of life in the world and made worse by humans. Human demand and reason created a reason. Believed nothing could be done in berlin. Avoided serving in war and went to medical school. Started in munsch, but moved to berlin. Germany lost the war and had to pay reparations and because of this, resentment was. During all of this, brechtt was becoming a playwright. *what do you want people to do: audience, issue, aim, strategy. Uses theatre as a mass mobilization movement. During this time, brechtt travelled to california. Developed big four : mutter courage und ihre kinder, life of gailieo, caucasian chalk circle, the good woman (person) of setzuan. Given control of berliner ensemble and had access to state theatre for 7 years until his.
