The Director’s Option. Reflections on the staging of “Marat-Sade” by Peter Brook

Authors

  • Paulo Brody UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21709/casa.v3i2.581

Keywords:

teatro, Brecht, marxismo, drama, marxism.

Abstract

This article focuses on the play Marat-Sade, written by the Swedish playwright Peter Weiss. Making use of a Marxist approach, it examines the relation that this play bears to Brecht´s theory of the epic theatre. In its second part, it analyses the staging of Marat-Sade by the English director Peter Brook, and its relation to both the text and Brecht´s theories. Keywords: Drama. Brecht. Marxism.

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Published

06/03/2008

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2005)

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