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Vinony's link graph records 347 inbound references to epic theatre, and connects out to German, Richard Wagner and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Bertolt Brecht theories and techniques, Metafictional techniques and Modernist theatre.
Vinony links it to 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- theatrical genre
- Subclass of
- theatre
- Country of origin
- Weimar Republic
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- discoverer or inventor
- Bertolt Brecht
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Encyclopedic overview
Bertolt Brecht in 1954 Epic theatre (German: episches Theater) is a theatrical movement that arose in the early to mid-20th century from the theories and practice of a number of theatre practitioners who responded to the political climate of the time through the creation of new political dramas. Epic theatre is not meant to refer to the scale or the scope of the work, but rather to the form that it takes. Epic theatre emphasizes the audience's perspective and reaction to the piece through a variety of techniques that deliberately cause them to individually engage in a different way. The purpose of epic theatre is not to encourage an audience to suspend their disbelief, but rather to force them to see their world as it is.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “epic theatre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.