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    STUDIA DRAMATICA - Ediţia nr.1 din 2015  
         
  Articol:   SELECTIVE BRECHTIANISM: REWORKING MOTHER SAVAGE FOR THE GERMAN STAGE.

Autori:  BRONWYN TWEDDLE.
 
       
         
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My bilingual (German/English) production of Travelling Light Theatre Company’s (UK) work Mother Savage for the Studiobühne Essen (Germany) in 2012 became a dialogue with Brechtian theatre techniques, and an examination of their relevance in the contemporary theatre. The production utilised a Brechtian design aesthetic, which also questioned the concept of Historisierung (historicisation). The emotionally-restrained acting style was an extended exploration of Brecht’s concept of Gestus, the socially-determined action, in that the story of the 90-minute piece was told predominantly through physical gesture. Our new production of a devised, largely physical-theatre work originally created by another company, can be compared to Brecht’s Modellbuch (model-book) idea. Production choices, such as extended silence and a slow, drawn-out dramaturgical tempo, toyed with the boundaries of performer and audience comfort. This discomfort provoked spectators to observe closely and assess the action critically – demonstrating that, with some adjustments, Brecht’s approaches to performance can still have a strong impact.

Keywords: Brechtian theatre, Gestus, Historisierung, Modellbuch, physical theatre.

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Published Online: 2015-03
 
         
     
         
         
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