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| | Bertolt Brecht: A Theatrical Genius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | He made the action stark, harsh, and realistic, the action is linear without the climax and denouement, each scene is complete within itself, and theatricality is emphasized to prevent illusion. |
 | | Therefore, in Brecht's version of epic theatre, he not only aspired to provoke the audience into reforming society by rethinking common ideology, he wanted the audience to see the characters in the play as part of a larger, more important whole. |
 | | He had lived to see performances of his works accepted by critics and audiences worldwide, and was the recipient of the National Prize, first class, in 1951, and the international Lenin Peace Prize in 1954. |
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