Brecht in Practice (Methuen Drama Engage)

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Brecht in Practice (Methuen Drama Engage)

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A book that is perfect extension reading for your more able Drama students, ideally sixth form. It would be great for any specification that requires students to study Brecht. This goes beyond the usual theories and gives a new insight into Brecht. A perfect choice for any drama studio bookshelf, with chapters that could be easily used by students as reading homework/pre reading before a lesson etc.

Bertolt Brecht's reputation as a flawed, irrelevant or difficult thinker for the theatre can often go before him to such an extent that we run the risk of forgetting the achievements that made him and his company, the Berliner Ensemble, famous around the world. David Barnett examines both Brecht the theorist and Brecht the practitioner to reveal the complementary relationship between the two.This book aims to sensitize the reader to the approaches Brecht took to the world and the stage with a view to revealing just how carefully he thought about and realized his vision of a politicized, interventionist theatre. What emerges is a nuanced understanding of his concepts, his work with actors and his approaches to directing. The reader is encouraged to engage with Brecht's method that sought to 'make theatre politically' in order to locate the innovations he introduced into his stagecraft. There are many examples given of how Brecht's ideas can be staged, and the final chapter takes two very different plays and asks how a Brechtian approach can enliven and illuminate their production. Ultimately, the book invites readers, students and theatre-makers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht.

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