theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… … Universalium
Epic theatre — (German: episches Theater) was a theatrical movement arising in the early to mid 20th century from the theories and practice of a number of theatre practitioners, including Erwin Piscator, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold and, most… … Wikipedia
Epic Theatre — (German: epische Theater ), or epic theater, is a theatrical movement arising in the early to mid 20th century from the theories and practice of German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Although many of the theoretical concepts involved in Brechtian… … Wikipedia
A Short Organum for the Theatre — ( Kleines Organon für das Theater ) is a theoretical work by the twentieth century German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht.Brecht, Bertolt. 1949. A Short Organum for the Theatre Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic. Ed. and trans … Wikipedia
dramatic literature — Introduction the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance. The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant… … Universalium
Bertolt Brecht — Infobox Writer name = Bertolt Brecht imagesize = 150px box width = 270px caption = birthdate = birth date|1898|2|10|df=y birthplace = Augsburg, Germany deathdate = death date|1956|8|14|df=y (aged 58) deathplace = East Berlin, German Democratic… … Wikipedia
Distancing effect — The distancing effect, commonly mistranslated as the alienation effect[dubious – discuss] (German: Verfremdungseffekt), is a performing arts concept coined by playwright Bertolt Brecht which prevents the audience from losing itself passively and… … Wikipedia
Non-Aristotelian drama — Non Aristotelian drama, or the epic form of the drama, refers to a kind of play whose dramaturgical structure departs from the features of classical tragedy in favour of the features of the epic, as defined in each case by the ancient Greek… … Wikipedia
Messingkauf Dialogues — The Messingkauf Dialogues (Dialogue aus dem Messingkauf) is an incomplete theoretical work by the twentieth century German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht.[1] John Willett translates Der Messingkauf as Buying Brass .[2] See also Bertolt… … Wikipedia
Complex seeing — is a type of spectator response that epic theatre seeks to provoke in its audience. Complex seeing involves the formation of a critical attitude by the spectator towards the events represented by the drama. v … Wikipedia
