Language of theatre - Epic and Dramatic Theatre

Language of Theatre:



Today we learnt about two interesting and contrasting terms Epic theatre and dramatic theatre

Epic Theatre: (Brecht) narrative, turns the audience into an observer and "Amanda aims to do this. It also suggests an argument and in this case it is the argument that politicians are human which is posed by the question "Do we turn more right wing in hard times".



Dramatic Theatre: Opposing epic Theatre is Dramatic Theatre which is plotted, implicit.

Another way of explaining it is that "Epic Theatre" is alterable/being altered and "Dramatic Theatre" is unalterable.