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The average rating for Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.has a rating of 3.5 stars

Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-24 00:00:00
1964was given a rating of 5 stars Anil Sharma
I've only read bits and pieces of this collection, but then I've been told by people whose opinions I trust that one only really needs to read bits and pieces, as long as one reads the right bit and pieces. From what I've read, I would suggest "Theatre for Pleasure or Theatre for Instruction," "The Street Scene," and "A Short Organum for the Theatre" for anyone who wants to get a fairly quick but really solid sense of Brecht's theories of the epic theatre and the A-effect. Basically Brecht looms large over the history of 20th century theatre--probably larger than any other single practicioner, except maybe someone like Stanislavsky. The theory of the epic theatre and the A-effect (alienation effect) were crucial components in the turn from 19th century melodrama and realism to more experimental theatrical forms like the Theatre of the Absurd or environmental theatre. Brecht gives us the tools not only to interrogate theatrical conventions going back to Aristotle's Poetics, but also to use/see/read the theatre as a means of pushing for and effecting positive social change. He reacted against the conventions of illusion that can be traced back to Aristotle, envisioning instead a theatre that functions more like a lecture and critical dialogue--in Epic theatre we are not meant to believe that Meryl Streep IS Mother Courage (for instance), but the performance is supposed to show Meryl Streep demonstrating how Mother Courage has acted in a situation where she could have acted differently. I find this a fascinating idea, that the Epic theatre pushes against any concept of fatedness (either in the sense of Greek tragedy, where characters are literally fated by the gods and the Fates, or in the sense of Realist drama where characters and their reactions are largely determined and delineated by their social conditioning). No, for Brecht characters make choices, when they could easily have made other choices, and it is the responsibility of the Epic theatre to make clear both the process of choice making and the possible alternatives. I don't think I entirely know what this looks like (probably in part because I have grown up in a post-Brechtian theatrical situation, so it may be more that I don't know what the alternative against which Brecht is reacting would look like, if that makes any sense), but I find the idea fascinating.
Review # 2 was written on 2007-03-25 00:00:00
1964was given a rating of 2 stars Deb Kinderman
اغلب اثار برتولد برشت به فارسی برگردانده شده؛ "سقراط مجروح" کیکاووس جهانداری / "در انبوه شهرها" عبدالرحمن صدریه / "استثناء و قاعده" محمود اعتماد زاده(م. به آذین) / "ان که گفت آری و آن که گفت نه" مصطفی رحیمی / زندگانی گالیله (گالیله ئو گالیله ئی) عبدالرحیم احمدی / "ترس و نکبت رایش سوم" شریف لنکرانی / "ننه دلاور و فرزندان او" مصطفی رحیمی / "آدم، آدم است" دو ترجمه از شریف لنکرانی و امین موید / "بچه فیل" و استنطاق لوکولوس" شریف لنکرانی / "زن نیک سچوان" دو ترجمه از فریده ی لاشایی و مهدی زمانیان / "دایره گچی قفقازی" دو ترجمه از حمید سمندریان و امین موید / "چهره های سیمون ماشار" دو ترجمه از عبدالرحمن صدریه و شریف لنکرانی / "داستان های آقای کوینر" سعید ایمانی / "داستان یک پولی"(اپرای یک پولی) هوشنگ پیرنظر / "تفنگ های ننه کارار" دو ترجمه از فریدون ایل بیگی و شریف لنکرانی / "ارباب پونتیلا و نوکرش مه آتی" سه ترجمه از عبدالرحمن صدریه، فریده ی لاشایی و رضا کرم رضایی / "درباره ی تیاتر" منیزه کامیاب و حسن بایرامی / "هیولا" همایون نوراحمر / "مادر" منیژه کامیاب و حسن بایرامی / "کله گردها و کله تیزها" بهروز مشیری / "بعل" خشایار قائم مقامی / "پیرزنی که پیر نمی نمود" کامران فانی / "گفتگوی فراریان" خشایار قائم مقامی / "اقداماتی علیه زور" ناصر صفایی / "حیوان محبوب آقای کوینر" / ناصر صفایی / "اگر کوسه ماهی ها آدم بودند" بهروز تاجور / "شوایک در جنگ جهانی دوم" دو ترجمه؛ حمید علوی، فرامرز بهزاد / "عظمت و انحطاط شهر ماهاگونی" مهدی اسفندیارفرد / "قطعه آموزشی" مینو ملک خانی / "اندیشه های متی" عبدالله کوثری / "محاکمه ی ژاندارک در روان" عبدالله کوثری / "صلیب گچی" سیاوش بیدارفکر / "قیمت آهن چنده" رضا کرم رضایی / "کریولانوس" مهدی تقوی / "اپرای سه پولی" علی اکبر خداپرست / "ژان مقدس کشتارگاه" دو ترجمه از جواد شمس و ابوالحسن ونده ور / "صعود مقاومت پذیر ارتورو اویی" افرویدون / "زندگی تیاتری من" فریدون ناظری / "روزهای کمون" کاووسی (فریده لاشایی) /"درباره تیاتر" فرامرز بهزاد / و بسیاری دیگر از آثار نوشتاری و مجموعه ی اشعار برشت


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