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University of Manitoba drama professor Bill Kerr tells a story about the time he attended a play by Bertolt Brecht with two colleagues from the world of theatre. The actors declaimed their lines ...

I always thought there was something half-baked in Bertolt Brecht’s formulation of the “alienation effect.” First, there is a discrepancy between what he aims for and the method he proposes to get ...

An innovative new 2-part radio production of Brecht’s timeless anti-war play with songs. A narrator observes from present day Ukraine, and unconventional techniques mirror Brecht’s “alienation effect” ...

Recently released in Germany, Mack the Knife—Brecht’s Threepenny Film [Mackie Messer—Brechts Dreigroschenfilm], directed by Joachim A. Lang, deals with the failed attempts by left-wing German ...

The idea of ‘alienation’ by Karl Marx is one of the most widely discussed concepts in social, political and economic theory. It is an idea that a young Marx developed out of his study of Friedrich ...