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Epic theatre and BrechtBertolt Brecht – a brief background
Bertolt Brecht – a brief background
Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
The playwright Bertolt Brecht was born in in the German town of Augsburg.
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After serving as a medical orderly in the First World War and appalled by the effects of the war, he went first to Munich and then to Berlin in pursuit of a career in the theatre. That period of his life came to an end in when the Nazis came to power in Germany.
Brecht fled and during this period the Nazis formally removed his citizenship, so he was a stateless citizen.
In Brecht became resident in the USA but returned to Europe in after appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Ostensibly against communismA classless society where all property is owned publicly., this committee also targeted intellectuals. By the time of his death in , Brecht had established the Berliner Ensemble and wa