Bertolt Brecht

An extremely prominent technique Brecht encouraged his actors to employ was the use of Gestus. Click  here  to see a post on gestus.

Brecht’s plays in order of production. ·          Drums in the Night  (1922) ·         Baal  (1923) ·         In the Jungle ...

-           Brecht has a split mind between the academic and more theatrical side of writing, directing and devising. -           He bel...

Rational, calm detachment, “The Brechtian style of acting is acting in quotation marks” The actor should not impersonate, but narrate ...

Brecht is one of the primary political theatre practitioners, among others including William Shakespeare, who wrote many political plays, an...