BERTOLT BRECHT : A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL DRAMATISTS EVER!
February 11th 2012 09:25
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BERTOLT BRECHT:THE GREAT GERMAN DRAMATIST!
BERTOLT BRECHT WAS A GERMAN PLAYWRIGHT WHOSE OWN THEATER COMPANY- 'BIRLINER ENSEMBLE' USED TO TOUR EUROPE AND AMERICA IN ORDER TO STAGE PLAYS THAT WERE TOTALLY RADICAL IN THEIR ORIENTATIONS AND TO HIGHLIGHT HIS NEWLY INVENTED DRAMA-FORM CALLED 'EPIC THEATER' THAT EMPHASIZED ON THE REPRESENTATIONS OF REALITIES ON STAGE N EXPECTED FOR A PARTICIPANT-AUDIENCES THAN THE USUAL SPECTATORS.BRECHT'S DRAMAS LIKE 'GALILEO'S LIFE' , 'MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN', 'THE RISE N FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHOGANNY' N OTHERS HAD REVOLUTIONIZED THE THEATER-WORLD FOR ONCE N FOR ALL!THE SUDDEN INTERRUPTION THROUGH THE USE OF MUSIC N THEN PAUSE,THE HARSH LIGHTENING ON STAGE,THE BOXERS-RING LIKE STAGE ELEVATION,DIRECT ADDRESS TO THE AUDIENCES WERE SOME OF HIS UNIQUE INVENTIONS IN THE WORLD OF DRAMA!FOR BRECHT,A DRAMA NEEDS TO BE EXPERIMENTAL THAN MERELY AN EXPRESSION.
BERTOLT BRECHT WAS ALSO THE INVENTOR OF 'COLLABORATIVE-DRAMA' N ALMOST DECRIED THE HITHERTO PRACTISES OF INDIVIDUAL DRAMA .
BRECHT'S INNOVATIVE STYLE WAS NOT LIMITED TO THE THEATER,RATHER IT HAD LEFT GREAT IMPACT ON THE CINEMATIC-IMPROVISATION!
BRECHT USED THEATER AS A POTENT MEDIUM TO DISCUSSING POLITICAL N ECONOMICAL PLIGHT N PROBLEMS OF POST WORLD WAR ERA N THE MARXIST DIALECTICAL WORLD-VIEW!
BERTOLT BRECHT'S DRAMAS ARE A BEAUTIFULLY DISTURBING MIRROR TO SEE N GAUGE THE WORLD OF THE FIRST HALF OF D 20TH-CENT. .
MAY BRECHT'S WORKS PROVE A GOLDMINE FOR MANY MORE YEARS!
MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR , INDIA.
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