Why is Brecht still relevant today? - an interview with Dr Laura Bradley
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- An in-depth interview with Brecht scholar Dr Laura Bradley who answers these questions
(20 mins long)
• Can you tell us about the context in which Brecht was writing?
• What makes Brecht a unique writer?
• Can you talk about Epic Theatre in more detail?
• What does it mean when we talk about Brecht’s removal of the fourth wall?
• Why is Brecht so relevant to audiences today?
• Why might Brecht be relevant to a young audience?
• What is the purpose of the prologue?
• What does The Caucasian Chalk Circle have in common with other Brecht plays?
• Why is Grusha such a powerful character?
• In what way is Grusha an anti-heroine?
• What are the key questions that Brecht was challenging his audience to consider?
• Are there any issues in the world today that really resonate with Brecht’s ideas?
• Why has Brecht’s work been translated so widely?
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An insight into the play featuring interviews with director Amy Leech (who directed the Unciorn Theatre's production of Caucasian Chalk Circle in 2014), Brecht scholar Dr Laura Bradley, former Unicorn Artistic Director Purni Morell, and actress Juliette Stevenson (who played Grusha in the 1997 Complicite production)
• An insight into the Un...
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Linked resources
Teacher resource pack to accompany the Unicorn Theatre production of Caucasian Chalk Circle in 2014:
Teacher resource
www.unicorntheatre.com/files/...
Webpage of the Unicorn's production (with trailer and production photos)
www.unicorntheatre.com/whatso...
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I just finished a videogame called "Pathologic 2", by russian developers which is so unlike anything I have played before. The whole game is framed as a stageplay, constantly both immersing you in its world and forcefully pulling you out of it. A critic of the game mentioned Brechts ideas and it's insanely fascinating to see these concepts reworked in a different medium. These videos do a great job at helping me understand what the game did and why it did it, so thank you very much for this.
What a beautiful analysis of Brecht's play. Thank you.
Extremely inspiring speaker.
A great interview, very helpful and informing.
Fascinating insight on Brecht that I found wonderfully concise and accessible.
lol its 3am and I should be asleep
My brain: Why is Brecht still relevant today? - an interview with Dr laura Bradley
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An excellent summary and interview. Thank you.
Who else need to watch this for Drama class?
Excelent docummentary. it really helped me
such a great interview; So informative. Thanks for uploading.
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I did. I was looking for sources on a video essay I'm working on, and found this.
brilliant insightful woman
You have no clue how much this helped. Thank you so much
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i just finish leasening - galileo galilei an radiophonic theatre after Bertold brecht -a masterpice
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Great Interview,
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does this work in modern life ?
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Am reading this book nw imagine !
Yes, estrangement.
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It’s a shame an otherwise interesting discussion is marred by the typically flat, one dimensional dismissal of the political aspect of the work, on the one hand rightly saying Brecht is inviting us to challenge our preconceived notions of things, and on the other, dismissing the political aspect of the scene wherein the confrontation within the community is solved democratically via the soviets as “not reflecting reality, so we just ignore it”, which is so absurd in this context. Firstly, challenge the given truths you have received growing up in the west, secondly, don’t dismiss it and ignore it because it conflicts with your incredibly one dimensional, flattening lens thru which the west so casually views the complexities of the Soviet Union and communism, leading to incredible oversights and neglect of an incredibly diverse, compelling and complicated project of human progress, that had plenty to admire and explore than the pathetic dismissals and ignoring we now give whenever it’s brought up
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I found a lot of this bollocks. I realise that Brecht wanted to get away from escapist theatre and good for him but we react how we react, a playwright surely cannot dictate to us how we're meant to react. The Idea that we shld laugh because a character cannot see a way out of grief etc can put his plays into the realms of farce.... "why doesn't he tell his wife where he was?" etc etc. I love Brecht but I feel they work in spite of his theories.
Answer: because academia still likes anti-art and Marx, so they naturally love the combination.