FTT 24026 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bertolt Brecht
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Trying to say that a play about begging, prostitutes, and thieves can be opera too and that an opera can be inexpensive too. Reacting to theatre at the time that has felt was very emotional. At that time, he felt that all theatre was telling you to do was sit down and receive, be passive. He was trying to alienate the audience (we"re in a theatre, you have to accept that; you"re not in the play) It was him saying that he"s going to show you not only the pie but also how the pie"s being made. Get audience to think what"s happening on stage, what idea is being demonstrated all with the hope that through this kind of passive exchange it would ignite socialism. Made set less because didn"t want it to look like a rich, expensive production. As performed - guides you through the text a little bit more.