The Days of the Commune

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The Days of the Commune is a play by Bertolt Brecht that dramatizes the events and political struggles of the 1871 Paris Commune.

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instanceOf play
theatrical work
author Bertolt Brecht
basedOn historical events of the Paris Commune
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Bertolt Brecht
depictsEvent Paris Commune
surface form: Paris Commune of 1871
dramaticFunction to examine failures and potentials of revolutionary government
dramaturgicalStyle didactic
non‑naturalistic
genre epic theatre
historical drama
political theatre
hasCharacterType collective protagonists
hasDramaticForm episodic structure
hasForm stage play
historicalPerspective pro‑Commune
intendedAudience politically engaged theatre audiences
intendedMessage critical analysis of revolutionary politics
language German
literaryTradition agitprop‑influenced drama
left‑wing theatre
mainSubject Paris Commune
medium theatre
movement Brechtian theatre
epic theatre
originalLanguage German
partOf Bertolt Brecht's political plays
politicalAlignment Marxist
portrays internal conflicts within the Commune
revolutionary government in Paris
suppression of the Commune
settingPlace Paris
settingTime 1871
subjectOf theatre scholarship on Brecht and the Paris Commune
theme class struggle
collective action
democracy
revolution
state power
workers' movement
usesTechnique Verfremdungseffekt
choral scenes
direct address to audience
workOf Bertolt Brecht
workPeriod 20th century
writer Bertolt Brecht

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