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Brecht
[ brekt; German brekht ]
noun
- Ber·tolt [ber, -tawlt], 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
Brecht
/ brɛçt /
noun
- BrechtBertolt18981956MGermanTHEATRE: dramatistTHEATRE: theatre producerWRITING: poet Bertolt (ˈbɛrtɔlt). 1898–1956, German dramatist, theatrical producer, and poet, who developed a new style of "epic" theatre and a new theory of theatrical alienation, notable also for his wit and compassion. His early works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) (both with music by Kurt Weill). His later plays are concerned with moral and political dilemmas and include Mother Courage and her Children (1941), The Good Woman of Setzuan (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1955)
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Derived Forms
- ˈBrechtian, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From
- Brechti·an adjective
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Example Sentences
And anyway, if Brecht did not want us to feel for Mother Courage, why did he make her so richly shaded and humanly fallible?
Still, Brecht did manage to do some courageous things during the war—one of them being the writing of Mother Courage.
Brecht placed his merchant-mother in a dark universe of impossible choices.
Along with Galileo, it represents Brecht at his epic apogee.
When Brecht penned these lines, his continent hovered on the precipice of a journey into hell.
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