Parables For The Theatre by Bertolt Brecht

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.