Bertolt Brecht was a 20th century German playwright and theatre practitioner who significantly influenced modern theatre. Some of his key ideas and practices included epic theatre, alienation effects, non-linear storytelling, and exposing the theatrical elements to encourage audience reflection rather than emotional engagement. He developed these theories over his career while living in exile to escape the Nazis, writing many plays and establishing his own theatre company in East Berlin.

14. Bertolt Brecht – a workshop 1898-1956