Bert brecht biography

BORN: , Augsburg, Germany

DIED: , East Berlin, German Democratic Republic

NATIONALITY: German

GENRE: Drama, Poetry, Fiction

MAJOR WORKS:
Drums in the Night ()
The Threepenny Opera ()
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich ()
The Good Woman of Szechwan ()
Mother Courage and Her Children ()

Overview

Bertolt Brecht's status as one of the major playwrights of the twentieth century is largely uncontested.

In addition to writing a significant body of plays that are performed all over the world, Brecht also developed in a number of theoretical writings his theory of “epic” or “didactic” theater, which he applied to the “model” productions of his own plays in the early s. He hoped his plays would instruct as well as entertain.

His goal was to make audiences think about what might be, rather than what was. His work, influenced by German social theorist Karl Marx, was often violent and chaotic. “Epic theater” became known throughout the world and would af Bertolt Brecht Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life ..., carousel NOQ