Epic Theatre

Epic Theatre

1. Movement against realism

   • Illusion of reality vs confront with reality

2. Verfremdungstechnik

   • Scene changes
   • Bright lights
   • narrator
   • loud sounds

3. Brecht

   • German
   • World War 1
   • Caucasian Chalk Circle
     • Epic
     • long time period
     • Episodic structure
     • Many characters/ names

4. Historification

   • stories from the past
   • Old Chinese story in CCC