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Politik und Theater – politisches Theater
Politics and Theatre – Political Theatre

Author(s): Franz Huber
Subject(s): History, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Studies of Literature
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Erwin Piscator; political theatre; Bertolt Brecht; documentary theatre after 1945; Rolf Hochhuth; new documentary theatre approaches since 1990;

Summary/Abstract: The article tries to highlight Erwin Piscator’s concept of the „political theatre“, which appears at the beginning of the 20th century. Starting with Piscator und Brecht a description of the documentary theatre after 1945 is offered and equal new projections of the documentary theatre after 1990 will be lined out.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 23-33
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: German