Brenton
Brechtian Theatre
November 15th 2007 12:11
Brecht.
Bertolt Brecht was a famous an incredibly influential dramatist and stage director of the early 1900’s. His styles was strongly influential, and can be best seen in his own well known play ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle and in the film Dogville.
CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE.
DOGWOOD (SPOILERS)
Brecht’s unique style is known as Brechtian theatre. One of the main ideas of the genre was that the Audience could not be separated from the subject of theatre through the illusion of the fourth wall. This was known as Verfremdungseffect, and was used to, in the words of Brecht, “prevent(s) the audience from losing itself passively and completely in the character created by the actor, and which consequently leads the audience to be a consciously critical observer."
This could be achieved in many ways. Sometimes the cast would ‘spontaneously’ burst into song. The events of a scene would be described before the scene began to avoid allowing the audience to get involved in wondering what would happen. Actors would break the fourth wall by addressing the audience directly, using Didacticism. These elements combined would help create an emotional separation that instead encouraged audiences to use their minds to truly interact with the message of a piece.
Bertolt Brecht was a famous an incredibly influential dramatist and stage director of the early 1900’s. His styles was strongly influential, and can be best seen in his own well known play ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle and in the film Dogville.
CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE.
DOGWOOD (SPOILERS)
Brecht’s unique style is known as Brechtian theatre. One of the main ideas of the genre was that the Audience could not be separated from the subject of theatre through the illusion of the fourth wall. This was known as Verfremdungseffect, and was used to, in the words of Brecht, “prevent(s) the audience from losing itself passively and completely in the character created by the actor, and which consequently leads the audience to be a consciously critical observer."
This could be achieved in many ways. Sometimes the cast would ‘spontaneously’ burst into song. The events of a scene would be described before the scene began to avoid allowing the audience to get involved in wondering what would happen. Actors would break the fourth wall by addressing the audience directly, using Didacticism. These elements combined would help create an emotional separation that instead encouraged audiences to use their minds to truly interact with the message of a piece.
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