The Complete Brecht Toolkit

A Practical, Hands-On Guide - For Actors, Directors, Teachers And Students - To BrechtS Theory And Practice Of Theatre, With A Full Set Of Exercises To Help Put Theory Into Practice.The Complete Brecht Toolkit Examines, One By One, BrechtS Many, Sometimes Contradictory Ideas About Theatre - And How He Put Them Into Practice. Here Are Explanations Of All The Famous Key Terms, Such As Alienation Effect, Epic Theatre And Gestus, As Well As Many Others Which Go To Make Up What We Think Of As Brechtian Theatre. The Book Also Explores The Practical Application Of These Theories In Acting, Language, Music, Design And Direction. Also Included Are Fifty Exercises Contributed By Julian Jones, To Help Student Actors Investigate BrechtS Ideas For Themselves, Becoming Thoroughly Familiar With The Tools In The Brecht Toolkit.A Thorough Yet Crystal Clear Explanation Of BrechtS More Complicated Techniques And Ideas. - Teaching Drama MagazineOne Of The Best Introductory Books On Brecht Currently In Circulation... Unwin [Presents] The Theoretical And Practical Ideas Of Bertolt Brecht In A Clear, Concise And Connected Way So That Students And Practitioners May Consider The Importance Of His Work In The Twenty-First Century. - A Younger TheatreA Useful, Refreshing, No-Nonsense Introduction To A Practitioner Who Can Be Contradictory And Is Often Misunderstood. - The Stagestephen Unwin Is One Of BritainS Leading Theatre And Opera Directors. He Worked At The Traverse Theatre In The 1980S, Founded English Touring Theatre In 1993, And In 2008 Was Appointed Artistic Director Of The Rose Theatre, Kingston. He Has Written Guides To ShakespeareS Plays; Ibsen, Chekhov And Strindberg; Twentieth-Century Drama; The Plays Of Bertolt Brecht; And So You Want To Be A Theatre Director?Julian Jones, Who Contributed The Exercises Included In The Complete Brecht Toolkit, Is Senior Lecturer In Acting At Rose Bruford College Of Theatre And Performance.