Research into the Verfremdungseffekt
The important works of Brecht are;
• Trommeln in der Nacht (Drums in the Night; 1918),
• Mann ist Mann (Man is Man; 1924-5)
• Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera; 1928) and
• Mahagonny (The Rise and Fall of the Town of Mahagonny; 1928-9).
The plays are humorous, in a rather bleak and cynical way, and present social and political questions, attacking bourgeois (relatively wealthy and politically active members of the middle classes) values.
Technically, the plays are (for their time) innovative: the bourgeois convention of the fourth wall (an imaginary wall between the actors and the audience) is rejected, stories are improbable, settings exotic, and songs serve as commentary on action.
The Threepenny Opera was intended to lampoon (send up or ridicule) the conventional sentimental musical. The public lapped up the mock sentiment and missed the humor. Brecht had achieved commercial success, but for reasons which could......

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Title: Drama, Theatre Of Brecht
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