Bertolt Brecht
German playwright, poet, and theatre director (commonly known as Bertolt Brecht). A major 20th-century practitioner of epic theatre and Marxist thought, author of works such as The Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage and Her Children, and Life of Galileo; notable for the development of the Verfremdungseffekt (alienation effect) and for his political exile during the Nazi era.
Books
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1. Parables For The Theatre
A collection of short, stage-ready parables that use simple, allegorical situations, flat character types and episodic structure to expose social and political contradictions; the pieces employ ironic narration, songs and deliberate theatrical distance to prompt critical reflection rather than emotional identification, encouraging audiences to analyze causes and effects of injustice, power and hypocrisy rather than simply empathizing with individual fate.