Life of Galileo

Name: Life of Galileo
Author: Bertolt Brecht

by Bertolt Brecht

Play dramatizing scientist's moral reckoning with war and political responsibility

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Bertolt Brecht

Germany's most influential 20th-century playwright, Brecht developed Epic Theater as a Marxist alternative to Aristotelian drama. His Verfremdungseffekt (alienation effect) was designed to prevent audiences from losing themselves emotionally and instead think critically. His plays and theoretical writings reshaped world theater.

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