#4348. ‘Brecht in Practice’: Critical Reflections on Staging Drama Dialectically

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Abstract:
This article reflects critically on ‘Brecht in Practice: Staging Drama Dialectically’, a practice-as-research project. It draws on material provided by a production of Patrick Marber’s Closer (2016) and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (2017) as a way of setting out a critical method for staging realistic drama. In both cases, Brechtian stagings were able to identify unspoken politics in the plays and bring these out in a way that problematized central themes and characters without seeking to resolve the issues raised for the audience. In the course of the analysis, the arguments move from the commonalities experienced in rehearsing both productions to the specific challenges of each. The article concludes with a critical review of the strategies undertaken, highlighting the potential of such an approach while also understanding its limitations.
Keywords:
Drama dialectically; commonalities; arguments; limitations; problematized

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