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| PART ONE 1918-1932 |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (4) |
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10 | (4) |
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Conversation with Bert Brecht |
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14 | (4) |
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18 | (2) |
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Shouldn't we Abolish Aesthetics? |
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20 | (2) |
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The Epic Theatre and its Difficulties |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (3) |
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On Form and Subject-Matter |
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29 | (2) |
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An Example of Paedagogics |
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31 | (2) |
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The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre |
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33 | (10) |
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The Literarization of the Theatre |
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43 | (4) |
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The Film, the Novel and Epic Theatre |
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47 | (4) |
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The Radio as an Apparatus of Communication |
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51 | (2) |
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The Question of Criteria for Judging Acting |
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53 | (4) |
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Indirect Impact of the Epic Theatre |
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57 | (8) |
| PART TWO 1933-1947 |
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65 | (4) |
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Theatre for Pleasure or Theatre for Instruction |
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69 | (8) |
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The German Drama: pre-Hitler |
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77 | (4) |
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Criticism of the New York Production of Die Mutter |
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81 | (3) |
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On the Use of Music in an Epic Theatre |
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84 | (7) |
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Alienation Effects in Chinese Acting |
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91 | (9) |
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Notes to Die Rundkopfe und die Spitzkopfe |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (3) |
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The Popular and the Realistic |
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107 | (8) |
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On Rhymeless Verse with Irregular Rhythms |
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115 | (6) |
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121 | (9) |
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130 | (6) |
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136 | (12) |
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Two Essays on Unprofessional Acting |
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148 | (5) |
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153 | (4) |
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Alienation Effects in the Narrative Pictures of the Elder Brueghel |
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157 | (2) |
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A Little Private Tuition for my Friend Max Gorelik |
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159 | (4) |
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Building up a Part: Laughton's Galileo |
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163 | (6) |
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`Der Messingkauf': an editorial note |
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169 | (10) |
| PART THREE 1947-1948 |
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A Short Organum for the Theatre |
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179 | (30) |
| PART FOUR 1948-1956 |
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Masterful Treatment of a Model |
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209 | (6) |
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From the Mother Courage Model |
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215 | (7) |
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Does Use of the Model Restrict the Artist's Freedom's |
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222 | (4) |
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Formal Problems Arising from the Theatre's New Content |
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226 | (4) |
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Stage Design for the Epic Theatre |
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230 | (3) |
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From a Letter to an Actor |
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233 | (3) |
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Some of the Things that can be Learnt from Stanislavsky |
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236 | (3) |
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Theaterarbeit: an editorial note |
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239 | (8) |
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Notes on Erwin Strittmatter's Play Katzgraben |
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247 | (5) |
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Study of the First Scene of Shakespeare's Coriolanus |
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252 | (14) |
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Cultural Policy and Academy of Arts |
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266 | (4) |
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Conversation about being Forced into Empathy |
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270 | (2) |
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Classical Status as an Inhibiting Factor |
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272 | (2) |
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Can the Present-day World be Reproduced by Means of Theatre? |
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274 | (2) |
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Appendices to the `Short Organum' |
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276 | (5) |
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`Dialectics in the Theatre': an editorial note |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (1) |
| Other English Translations |
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284 | (2) |
| Index |
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