Implementation of the Principles of B. Brecht’s “Epic Theater” in the Play by Y. Butusov “Drums in the Night”
Abstract
German playwright Bertolt Brecht, being also a theater director, created his own theater system – “epic theater”. His main works were created taking into account the principles of this system, but the play “Drums in the Night” was written earlier and therefore does not fully correspond to his poetic and aesthetic concept. Nevertheless, the play became famous and in 2016 was staged at the Moscow Pushkin Theater by director Y.N. Butusov. The author examines the play “Drums in the Night” in the context of the “epic theater” system for the implementation of the main postulates of B.Brecht’s poetics, which has not yet entered the orbit of scientific attention of domestic researchers. As part of a comparative analysis, it was established that, despite the gravitation of the Russian theater school to the system of K.S. Stanislavsky, Y.N. Butusov created a performance that corresponds to Brechtian principles not only at the level of acting, but also at the level of directing, sound and artistic design of the performance.
About the Author
A. D. Shigankova
Moscow State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna D.Shigankova, postgraduate student of the
Department of World Literature, Institute of Philology
119435, Moscow
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Shigankova A.D. Implementation of the Principles of B. Brecht’s “Epic Theater” in the Play by Y. Butusov “Drums in the Night”. ARTE. 2024;(2):154-162. (In Russ.)
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