Space and Time in Epic Theater: The Brechtian Legacy

by Sarah Bryant-Bertail and Sarah Bryant-Bertrail

Book Overview

Bertolt Brecht and the director Erwin Piscator developed epic theater in the 1920s because they found Western realism limited to the single perspective of an individual, and thus unable to confront the new realities: technological warfare, revolution, the metropolis, and the mass media, among others. The epic stage juxtaposed the old media of actors and scenery with new media, including film, photography, and electronic sound. Bryant-Bertail provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571131868
• ISBN13: 9781571131867
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"