WorksheetsEpic Theatre (Brecht)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
In Brechtian theatre, Rational Thought is
the character's reasoning when breaking up with another character
the act of crying, throwing plates, lighting fires on stage in moments of high valence so the audience feels it too
the message, idea, viewpoint, mission of the creating artist
one of many themes explored in a narrative
The Narrator/Guide/Host (NGH) is
one of many similar devices in non-narrative theatre that perform in the allegory
the only one who speaks directly to the audience
the voice of the rational thought
the same-same as the protagonist
An allegory is
a player/actor that performs in the play
a moment of irony, or breaking character that reminds the audience about the message
one of possibly many examples of the rational thought
a metaphor that only uses humans in its comparison
How many allegories can you use in one play?
three
From "none" to "however many it takes"
one
only 2
How many different kinds of allegory am I allowed to use?
From "none" to "many," as long as they understand and are provoked by my message
only one
six
dadaists would answer "Pidgeon"
Episodic structure...
is connected by time; ex., you must see scene 1 to make scene 2 work
contains a protagonist that undergoes a change in the middle of the scene
is only found in television-show structures, has nothing to do with theatre
is connected by message only; characters, actors, locations, GCs may change scene by scene
Distancing Effect - or Verfremdungseffekt - is
any moment, event, movement, sound, word, design magic that reminds the audience they're watching a play
Brecht's middle name
one of a group of Brecht's early plays called the Lehrstrucke Plays
the greatest moment of empathy in any play
Lehrstrucke Plays are
soap-operas
learning plays
early animation
Epic Melodramas
The players in the ensemble are
the voices of the Rational Thought
Supporting roles, non-leads, extras in a movie
one of many similar devices in non-narrative theatre that perform in the allegory
actors only versed in the technique of realistic acting
In Realistic Acting when the performer cries, the audience cries. In Brecht,
when the performer cries, the audience laughs
when the performer cries, the audience sleeps
when the audience cries, the performer cries
when the audience laughs, the performers wait until they're done
