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Epic Theatres
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"Epic Theatre turns the spectator into an observer, but arouses his
capacity for action, forces him to take decisions...the spectator stands
outside, studies." (Bertolt Brecht. Brecht on Theatre. New York:Hill &
Yang, 1964. p37)
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audience to ponder, with critical detachment, the moral dilemmas presented
before them.
In order to analyse and evaluate the action occurring on stage, Brecht
believed that the audience must not allow itself to become emotionally
involved in the story. Rather they should, through a series of anti-
illusive devices, feel alienated from it. The effect of this deliberate
exclusion makes it difficult for the audience to empathise with the
characters and their predicament. Thus, they could study the play's
social or political message and not the actual events being performed on
stage. This process is called Verfremdungseffekt, or ... |
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