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Erwin Piscator: Creative Genius
Genres and Styles | Senior Drama | Theatre History

Erwin Piscator: Creative Genius

Justin Cash Hours UpdatedOctober 1, 2021
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Erwin Piscator Biography Erwin Piscator was born Erwin Friedrich Maximillian Piscator on 17 December 1893 in the German state of Prussia. Like Brecht, Piscator studied at Munich University. He began acting for the theatre in…

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Epic Theatre Student Activity: Clichés
Senior Drama | Classroom Activities | Genres and Styles

Epic Theatre Student Activity: Clichés

Justin Cash Hours UpdatedApril 29, 2021
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This group activity for students of drama and theatre provides an opportunity to understand some of the key techniques of epic theatre, developed via improvisation and incorporated into a drama performance based on a common…

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Bertolt Brecht’s Fascinating Epic Theatre Theory
Genres and Styles | Senior Drama | Theatre History

Bertolt Brecht’s Fascinating Epic Theatre Theory

Justin Cash Hours UpdatedDecember 13, 2022
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Epic Defamiliarisation: Verfremdung “Verfremdung”, pronounced “fair-frem-doong”, is a German word used by Bertolt Brecht that lies at the very heart of his theories on epic theatre. In practice, he called it “verfremdungseffekt”. The term has…

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The Beginnings of Epic Theatre in Germany
Genres and Styles | Senior Drama | Stagecraft | Theatre History

The Beginnings of Epic Theatre in Germany

Justin Cash Hours UpdatedDecember 10, 2022
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Epic theatre was first practised by Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) and Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) in Berlin in the 1920s. Although Brecht would soon claim the notion of an “epic theatre” as his own idea, there is…

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