Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Bertolt Friedrich Brechtwas a German poet, playwright, and theatre director of the 20th century. He made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth10 February 1898
CityAugsburg, Germany
CountryGermany
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
He who is still laughing is he who hasn't heard the terrible news.
For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.
Righteous people have no sense of humor.
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles Are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, Let us demand the freedom of the elbow To knock the bottles out of their filthy hands. Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, Provided he loves peace, Is a greater lover of the arts Than any so-called art-lover Who loves the arts of war.
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
A theater without beer is just a museum
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
A person is really dead only when nobody thinks of him anymore.