The Premises for the Formation of Educational Theatre in Great Britain (1900-1940)
The Premises for the Formation of Educational Theatre in Great Britain (1900-1940)

Summary/Abstract: In order to adapt to the requirements of a modern society, starting with the 20th Century theatre has crossed all conventional boarders: it moved outside the formal theatrical background, it emerged into new artistic fields, giving birth to new forms of art. The concept of Educational Theatre appeared for the first time in Great Britain in 1960, but the premises for the formation of Educational Theatre can be identified as back as the late 19th, when Henrik Ibsen and George Bernard Shaw had brought back the educational part of theatre to attention. Educational Theatre owes its existence to the revolutionary pedagogy of Political Theatre. Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht considered that theatre cannot and should not exist just as a superficial form of entertainment, but that it has an important social and educational mission to fulfil.

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