epic theatre

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20th-century theatre movement theatre style theatrical movement

Epic theatre is a 20th-century theatrical movement, closely associated with Bertolt Brecht, that uses techniques like direct address, visible stage mechanics, and narrative interruption to provoke critical reflection rather than emotional immersion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Brechtian theatre 2
epic theatre canonical 1
epic theatre movement 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century theatre movement ⓘ
theatre style ⓘ
theatrical movement ⓘ
aimsTo encourage political awareness ⓘ
promote social change ⓘ
provoke critical reflection ⓘ
contrastsWith Greek tragedy ⓘ
surface form: Aristotelian theatre

dramatic theatre ⓘ
developedInCountry Germany ⓘ
developedInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
discourages emotional identification with characters ⓘ
illusion of reality ⓘ
emphasizes critical distance ⓘ
narrative over plot ⓘ
rational observation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName epic drama ⓘ
epic theater ⓘ
hasKeyConcept Verfremdungseffekt ⓘ
alienation effect ⓘ
distancing effect ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
Erwin Piscator ⓘ
Helene Weigel ⓘ
hasKeyWork Life of Galileo ⓘ
Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ
The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
The Good Person of Szechwan ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
hasMainProponent Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
influenced contemporary political theatre ⓘ
documentary theatre ⓘ
postdramatic theatre ⓘ
influencedBy Erwin Piscator ⓘ
German expressionism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
relatedConcept Brechtian theatre ⓘ
agitprop theatre ⓘ
didactic theatre ⓘ
theorizedIn Brechtian theatre theory ⓘ
usesTechnique actors stepping out of character ⓘ
direct address to the audience ⓘ
exposed lighting and stage equipment ⓘ
fragmented scenes ⓘ
historical setting to comment on present ⓘ
narrative interruption ⓘ
non-linear narrative ⓘ
projection of text and images ⓘ
songs that comment on the action ⓘ
visible stage mechanics ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bertolt Brecht → movement → epic theatre ⓘ
The Measures Taken → movement → epic theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brechtian theatre
The Measures Taken → movement → epic theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: epic theatre movement
The Mother → literaryMovement → epic theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brechtian theatre