Epic Theatre: Epic Choices
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Epic Theatre: Epic Choices
You have been selected to direct the Epic Theatre play Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht.
You will need to utilise your knowledge of Epic Theatre and theatre in general to ensure that this play goes
smoothly.
Click the arrows to decide which option that you wish to take. Each page will have a quick exit and restart button for your convenience and remember-
Break a leg.Start Here
Katie Singleton, s2951395.
Congratulations!You have been selected to direct the play Mother
Courage and Her Children! In order to have a successful play you’ll need to prepare for it, where
should you go?To the stage in order to understand
it’s limitations.
To the library to update your knowledge of Epic Theatre
and the play itself.
To the actors to establish a bond
before performing.Skip it all, I already
know what I’m doing
Congratulations!You have been selected to direct the play Mother
Courage and Her Children! In order to have a successful play you’ll need to prepare for it, where
should you go?To the stage in order to understand
it’s limitations.
To the library to update your knowledge of Epic Theatre
and the play itself.
Skip it all, I already know what I’m
doing
Congratulations!You have been selected to direct the play Mother
Courage and Her Children! In order to have a successful play you’ll need to prepare for it, where
should you go?To the stage in order to understand
it’s limitations.
To the library to update your knowledge of Epic Theatre
and the play itself.
To the actors to establish a bond
before performing.Start Rehearsing!
Congratulations!You have been selected to direct the play Mother
Courage and Her Children! In order to have a successful play you’ll need to prepare for it, where
should you go?
To the library to update your knowledge of Epic Theatre
and the play itself.
To the actors to establish a bond
before performing.Start Rehearsing!
Congratulations!You have been selected to direct the play Mother
Courage and Her Children! In order to have a successful play you’ll need to prepare for it, where
should you go?
Start Rehearsing!
Actors You have now established a relationship with the actors within your play. This may make it easier to deal with them in the future because lets admit it. Sometimes they can be quite the drama queens
Leave the actors
Congratulations!You have been selected to direct the play Mother
Courage and Her Children! In order to have a successful play you’ll need to prepare for it, where
should you go?To the stage in order to understand
it’s limitations.
To the actors to establish a bond
before performing.Start Rehearsing!
You enter the library and find the Theatrical section
What book do you pick up? Epic Theatre and its
conventionsMother Courage
and Her Children – Bertolt BrechtLeave the library
Mother Courage and Her ChildrenMother Courage and her Children is a Brecht play about a woman known as Mother Courage who pushes a cart around selling and buying goods to
make a profit in war time. Even though this women lives off the war happening around her she feels no desire to give back to it and fuelled by her greed she ends up losing her children to
war and learns nothing from it.
Back to the library
Epic Theatre and its conventionsEpic Theatre came about in the early to mid 20th
century and was done by several different people however, Bertolt Brecht is the man who made
Epic Theatre famous and had his own, very different style of Epic Theatre. The goal of Epic
Theatre is for people to know they are watching a play and that no emotional attachment would be
to any of the characters, through various theatrical conventions exclusive to this style. Epic
Theatre’s purpose is to express political or environmental issues in a third person view and
draws out the true morals of its audience by alienating them.
Epic Theatre and its conventionsConventions of Epic Theatre-
•Completely lit stage•Breaking the fourth wall•Non-realistic set•Multiple roles per actor•Demonstration of role rather than “becoming the role”•Costume changes in view of audience
Back to the library
Theatre StageThe stage seem to be a lot more horizontal rather then vertical. Lucky you checked, looks like you’ll
have to change your stage setting order to accommodate it.
Leave the Theatre
Actors You have now established a relationship with the actors within your play. This may make it easier to deal with them in the future because lets admit it. Sometimes they can be quite the drama queens
Leave the actors
Actors You have now established a relationship with the actors within your play. This may make it easier to deal with them in the future because lets admit it. Sometimes they can be quite the drama queens
Leave the actors
Wow! Your first rehearsal everything is going pretty smoothly before one of your actor question what acting style they should use, what do you decide
on?No particular style
Method ActingA technique used by actors to put themselves in the thoughts and situations of their character in order
to create the most believable performance
Stanislavski’s System
Using physical actions to produce emotion
Whew, it’s been a tiring process but your almost at the performance
date! But wait! The actors for Mother Courage and Swiss Cheese seem to have had a fight. What do
you do?Leave them to sort it themselves
Yell at them to leave their complaints off
stage.
Whew, it’s been a tiring process but your almost at the performance
date! But wait! The actors for Mother Courage and Swiss Cheese seem to have had a fight. What do
you do?Leave them to sort it themselves
Request for their sympathy and to work together.
Tomorrow is the big night however you are slightly conflicted with the scene where Mother Courage’s
mute daughter is shot and killed when trying to warn the town of soldiers coming to kill them. The
scene is very emotional which goes against Epic Theatre what do you decide to do?
Add more alienation to the scene to make it truer to the style
Keep the scene, Mother Courage
guiltless conscious will be judged greater.
Also holds message of
“Actions speak louder than
words”.
Wow! Your first rehearsal everything is going pretty smoothly before one of your actor question what acting style they should use, what do you decide
on?No particular style
Method ActingA technique used by actors to put themselves in the thoughts and situations of their character in order
to create the most believable performance
Stanislavski’s System
Using physical actions to produce emotion
Game Over
Chickening out already?
You’re just not cut out for this industry kid. Better luck next time.
Game Over
The performance goes fine however the last thing you want to do is make enemies, it’ll haunt you in the long run. Connection are everything.
You’re just not cut out for this industry kid. Better luck next time.
Congratulations
The performance goes fine however it could have been better.
Due to your knowledge of Epic Theatre you have reached the end!
Congratulations
The performance was a hit! Kattrin’s scene was heartbreaking and
Mother Courage's attitude to her death really made the audience question her morals.
Due to your knowledge of Epic Theatre you have reached the end!
Game Over
The performance ends up flopping due tonon-cooperative actors.
You’re just not cut out for this industry kid. Better luck next time.
Game Over
What? You’re using THAT theatrical style for Epic Theatre? You should really hit the books since the whole purpose is to alienate the audience.
You’re just not cut out for this industry kid. Better luck next time.
Game Over
Ha. Directing isn’t something you can improvise. You are unprepared and unreliable. You’ve beenreplaced.
You’re just not cut out for this industry kid. Better luck next time.
Game Over
Oh no, seems like you didn’t check your stage setting and placed Mother Courage’s cart a bit too down stage left when she fell off and broke her leg.
Literally.
You’re just not cut out for this industry kid. Better luck next time.