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- Title
Beijing Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Contemporary Chinese Drama: from Self-Observation to the Neutral Actor.
- Authors
ŁABĘDZKA, IZABELLA
- Abstract
The article discusses the 20th century German theater director, poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht's philosophy on theater and the technique of acting in Chinese drama of using self-observation from the 1950s through the early 21st century, including Chinese actors' methodology in the Beijing Opera of Beijing, China. An overview the Bertolt's perspective on the Chinese acting methodology through which the theater audience feels alienated from the theatrical performance, including the audience's lack identifying with the actors, is provided.
- Subjects
CHINA; BRECHT, Bertolt, 1898-1956; ACTING; CHINESE drama; INTROSPECTION; CHINESE operas -- History &; criticism; PHILOSOPHY of theater; CHINESE theater; SOCIAL alienation; THEATER audiences; ACTORS; PERFORMANCE -- Social aspects; IDENTITY &; society; HISTORY; THEATER history
- Publication
Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia, 2010, Issue 23, p7
- ISSN
0860-6102
- Publication type
Article