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The Measures Taken and Other Lehrstucke

The Measures Taken and Other Lehrstucke

Manheim, Ralph
Brecht, Bertolt
Mueller, Carl R.

Paperback

Series: Modern Plays

Plays

ISBN10: 041337310X
ISBN13: 9780413373106
Publisher: A&c Black 3pl
Published: Oct 11 2006
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

The Lehrstücke (or 'learning-plays') lie at the heart of Brechtian theatre.
Written during 1929 and 1930, years of far-reaching political and economic upheaveal in Germany and the period of Brecht's most sharply Communist works, these short plays show an abrupt rejection of most of the trappings of conventional theatre.

The Lehrstücke are spare and highly formalized pieces intended for performance by amateurs, on the principle that the moral and political lessons contained in them can best be taught by participation in an actual production. There is nothing in the drama of the twentieth century to match the precision of their language and the economy of their theatrical technique.

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