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Brecht and Political Theatre - The Mother on Stage (Hardcover)
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Brecht and Political Theatre - The Mother on Stage (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
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This production history of The Mother provides substantial new
insights into Bertolt Brecht's theatre and drama, his impact on
political theatre, and the relationship between text, performance,
and politico-cultural context. As the only play which Brecht staged
in the Weimar Republic, during his exile, and in the GDR, The
Mother offers a unique opportunity to compare his theatrical
practice in contrasting settings and at different points in his
career. Through detailed analysis of original archival evidence,
Bradley shows how Brecht became far more sensitive to his
spectators' political views and cultural expectations, even making
major tactical concessions in his 1951 production at the Berliner
Ensemble. These compromises indicate that his "mature" staging
should not be regarded as definitive, for it was tailored to a
unique and delicate situation.
The Mother has appealed strongly to politically committed theatre
practitioners both in and beyond Germany. By exploiting the text's
generic hybridity and the interplay between Brecht's "epic" and
"dramatic" elements, directors have interpreted it in radically
different ways. So although Brecht's 1951 production stagnated into
an affirmative GDR heritage piece, post-Brechtian directors have
used The Mother to promote their own political and theatrical
concerns, from anti-authoritarian theatre to reflections on the
legacies of state Socialism. Their ideological and theatrical
subversion have helped Brecht's text to outlive the political
system that it came to uphold.
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