Research on Brecht

Bertolt Brecht is a German dramatist, poet, and theatre director. He is born in 10 February, 1898 in Germany. He dedicated himself into his career and made great contribution to theatrical production. He had many famous works such as "Life of Galileo", "Mother Courage and Her Children" and "The Good Person of Szechwan". He developed a style of epic theater which is a long narrative poem telling people historical stories. It proposed that a play should cause people to question the actions on the stage and self-reflection. He wanted his audience to provide critical persepectives and views and connect with their own society and also bring effects to the whole world. One interesting thing about Brecht is that he is influenced by Chinese theatre. Brecht attended a Chinese opera performance and was introduced to a Chinese opera performer called Mei LanFang in 1935, who is the most popular, famous, influential and respected opera performer throughout Chinese history. However, he found out that Chinese opera style is not transportable, his epic theatre needed to seek another way of addressing society and telling historical events. He used both his poem and drama to criticize European culture. He then died at the age of fifty eight in 14 August, 1956. Although he passed away at such a young age, he left remarkable influences to the world drama.