Bertolt Brecht

1898–1956 · German playwright and theatre practitioner

Bertolt Brecht developed politically engaged drama and theories of epic theatre that ask spectators to examine social arrangements critically. After years in exile, he settled in East Berlin and founded the Berliner Ensemble with Helene Weigel.

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“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate”

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