Measures Taken and Other Lehrstucke

by Bertolt Brecht

2020-12-29 05:12:48

The Lehrst?cke (or ''learning-plays'') lie at the heart of Brechtian theatre. Written during 1929 and 1930, years of far-reaching political and economic upheaveal in Germany and the period of Brecht''s most sharply Communist works, these short plays ... Read more
The Lehrst?cke (or ''learning-plays'') lie at the heart of Brechtian theatre.

Written during 1929 and 1930, years of far-reaching political and economic upheaveal in Germany and the period of Brecht''s most sharply Communist works, these short plays show an abrupt rejection of most of the trappings of conventional theatre.

The Lehrst?cke are spare and highly formalized pieces intended for performance by amateurs, on the principle that the moral and political lessons contained in them can best be taught by participation in an actual production. There is nothing in the drama of the twentieth century to match the precision of their language and the economy of their theatrical technique.



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File size7.98 X 4.97 X 0.26 in
Print pages80
PublisherBloomsbury
Publication date October 11, 2006
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780413373106
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 Feb 1898 – 14 Aug 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic...

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