What are the key features of Brecht?
His work was often mischievous, provocative and ironic. Brecht wanted his audiences to remain objective and unemotional during his plays so that they could make rational judgments about the political aspects of his work. To do this he invented a range of theatrical devices known as epic theatre.
What was Brecht's theory?
What are the themes of epic theatre?
Alienation (or the V-effect), gestus, an episodic structure, and political themes all characterize Brecht's The Threepenny Opera and Mother Courage and Her Children, which warn against capitalism and promote the social reform, which Brecht hoped would make the world a better place.
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