bertolt brecht : (1898 - 1956) author.

he was one of the most prominent persons of 20. century theatre.

he formed his theories about th epic theatre, with its verfremdung effect, should place th viewer in an objectiv position, about the scene who is being stated, and activate them in a independant opinion, instead of putting them in a passiv illusion.

in 1933 he fleed to denmark, where he with the help of karin michaelis settelled down near skovbostrand at svendborg. the place wa named after the poetry-collection svendborger gedichte, who among other poetries contained - til de der kommer efter os -.

he fleed on to USA, where he among other things wrote the manuscipt for fritz langs - executioners also die - .

in 1948 he started living in east-berlin, where he till hsi death leed the famous brecht-theatre.

books about him :

Drums in the Night - trommer i natten (1919)
The Threepenny Opera - drei groschenoper (laser og pjalter) (1928)
mahagonny (1932)
Mother Courage and her children - mutter courage (1936)
hr puntilla (1940)
The Life of Galileo - galileis liv (1942)
the Caucasian chalk circle - den kaukasiske kridtcirkel (1944)
The Good Woman of Setzuan - det gode menneske fra sezuan (1954)
svendborger gedichte (1939)
svejk i 2. verdenskrig (1956)


articels about him :
in war and love
the world seen from south-fyn
songs from a past who has disappeared
kurt weill and the voices
brecht and verfremdung
brechts brud med aristoteles
the classics teaching (ved 100 �rs dagen) brechts devotion to new-thinking and love
the good human
a woman-charmers first love
in the contradictions the hope lies
thoroughness in his work
about svejk, brecht and kindness

comments to the peoples-play
the dialectic in theatre
supreme handeling of a model
the fugtitive that came to fyn, and became world-famous
the socialsit brecht
the fighting cultur-worker
the case galilei
the song about the class-enemy
brechts 80-birthday in east-berlin
brechts filmarbejde og hans politiske teater
as man is man
capitalisme foreced him into the battle
the greatest of all arts - the art of life

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