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Author Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.

Title Brecht on theatre : the development of an aesthetic / Bertolt Brecht ; edited and translated by John Willett
Edition First American edition
Published New York : Hill and Wang ; London : Methuen, 1964

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Description [xv], 294 pages 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21cm
regular print
Series A Dramabook
Contents Index
Summary "This selection from Brecht's notes and theoretical writing is meant to give English-language readers the main texts and set these in chronological order so as to show how his ideas evolved, gradually forming a quite personal aesthetic which applied to other spheres besides the theater. Too often the theory is treated as if it were a coherent whole which sprang from Brecht's head ready-made. The endless working and re-working which it underwent, the nagging at a particular notion until it could be fitted in, the progress from an embryo to an often very differently formulated final concept, the amendments and after-thoughts; all this is something that tends to be overlooked. The translation tries to convey the flavour to Brecht's style as it too evolved, from the aggressiveness of the first essays to the slightly forced formality of some of his late pronouncements." - Introduction
Analysis Theatre
dramateori
episk
estetikk
scenekunst
teater
teaterkritikk
teaterteori
teatervurderinger
Notes A Dramabook
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 284-285
Subject Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Aesthetics.
Drama -- History and criticism.
Theater.
Author Willett, John.
LC no. 63018479
ISBN 041338800X (paperback)
0809005425 (paperback)
0809031000
9780809005420
Other Titles On theatre
On theatre