Epic theater
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Epic theatre is a theatre movement arising in the early to mid-20th century, inextricably linked to the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Though many of the concepts involved in epic theatre had been around for years, even centuries, Brecht unified them, developed the style, and popularised it. It is sometimes referred to as Brechtian acting, although its principles apply equally to the writing and production of plays. "Its qualities of clear description and reporting and its use of choruses and projections as a means of commentary earned it the name 'epic'." Brecht later favoured the term dialectical theatre, to emphasize the element of argument and discussion.
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See also
- Bertolt Brecht
- Erwin Piscator
- Vladimir Mayakovsky
- Dario Fo and Franca Rame
- Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop
- Augusto Boal and Theatre of the Oppressed
- John McGrath and 7:84
- Caryl Churchill
- Political theatre
- Experimental theatre
- Modernism
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