THEA 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Community Theatre, Mimesis, Participant Observation
21 Apr 2015
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Very strict on time, we may be cut if we go over. Room number will be posted on moodle. Have to answer all of the questions: some can be in more depth than the others. Include citations if any are used in your paper. Email zita the technical needs and process of take down for performances. Epic theatre is a form of political theatre. Epic theatre = aims to engage audience in social critique and action. Epic theatre draws from traditions in chinese, japanese, indian and russian plays: e. g. Liked how chinese opera would have actors present themselves. Brecht argued that political theatre must take audience"s empathy instead of leaving them to accept the world. Brecht didn"t want the audience to be engulfed in characters. Brecht wanted political theatre to appeal to the audience"s intellect and make them want to change the world: these ideas developed the alienation effect.
