epic theatre work
C21217
concept
An epic theatre work is a dramatic piece designed to provoke critical reflection and social awareness in the audience through techniques that disrupt emotional immersion, such as narration, direct address, and visible theatrical devices.
Observed surface forms (5)
- experimental theatre work ×7
- metatheatrical play ×3
- didactic theatre ×1
- epic theatre ×1
- theatre epic ×1
Instances (20)
- Mother Courage and Her Children
- The Good Person of Szechwan
- The Measures Taken
- The Exception and the Rule
- The Decision
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle
- Quad via concept surface "experimental theatre work"
- A Dream Play via concept surface "experimental theatre work"
- Six Characters in Search of an Author via concept surface "metatheatrical play"
- Tonight We Improvise via concept surface "metatheatrical play"
- Each in His Own Way via concept surface "metatheatrical play"
- Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe via concept surface "epic theatre"
- Brecht’s Lehrstücke cycle via concept surface "didactic theatre"
- Needles and Opium via concept surface "experimental theatre work"
- The Seven Streams of the River Ota via concept surface "theatre epic"
- Possible Worlds (stage production) via concept surface "experimental theatre work"
- The Seven Streams of the River Ota (stage production)
- Poor Theater via concept surface "experimental theatre work"
- Gravity Fatigue via concept surface "experimental theatre work"
- Mnemonic via concept surface "experimental theatre work"