Epic Theatre

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Theatre
gptkbp:aimsTo encourage critical thinking
gptkbp:challenges audience passivity
gptkbp:characterizedBy Verfremdungseffekt
gptkbp:competesWith Traditional_Theatre
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Bertolt_Brecht
gptkbp:emphasizes social and political themes
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn Contemporary_Theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epic Theatre
gptkbp:includes songs and music
gptkbp:influencedBy Marxism
gptkbp:inspiration Theatre of the Oppressed
gptkbp:is_used_in non-linear_storytelling
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith gptkb:The_Epic_Theatre_Movement
gptkb:The_Berliner_Ensemble
Theatre of the Absurd
gptkbp:isCharacterizedBy direct address to the audience
episodic structure
gptkbp:isCitedBy its political engagement
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor its innovative techniques
alienation effect
gptkbp:isExemplifiedBy The Threepenny Opera
gptkbp:isExploredIn Literary criticism
Theoretical texts
Brecht's_writings
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Expressionism
Activist_theatre
gptkbp:isKnownFor breaking the fourth wall
its use of placards
gptkbp:isLinkedTo Cultural criticism
gptkbp:isNotedFor political satire
its use of irony
gptkbp:isOftenMadeWith Realism
gptkbp:isOftenUsedIn Protest performances
gptkbp:isPartOf Modernist Movement
gptkbp:isProminentIn European_theatre_history
gptkbp:isRecognizedFor a revolutionary form of theatre
gptkbp:isReflectedIn gptkb:Postmodern_Theatre
Modern political theatre.
gptkbp:isRelatedTo Absurdist Theatre
gptkbp:isRepresentedIn Film adaptations
gptkbp:isStudiedIn Theatre Studies
gptkbp:isUtilizedFor performers
traditional narrative forms
gptkbp:isUtilizedIn Educational settings
Various theatre companies
Community theatre projects
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:promotes social change
gptkbp:uses narrative techniques
gptkbp:utilizes multimedia elements