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Practicing Citations

 * 1) Eddershaw supports her findings through exploring the various performances that borrow Epic Theatre techniques such as Brecht’s satirical opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” (1930) and his parable allegory “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” (1957)
 * 2) Asserting that the theories of German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht are still potent in today’s society and that an acknowledgement of his practise is crucial in understanding that “The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre”, Carney demonstrates in his book how influential Brecht's methodology was on his audiences.
 * 3) Glahn reveals how Brecht elevated the language and experiences of various philosophers, bureaucrats and peasants during the Socialist Revolution in Weimar Germany, as an attempt to spark a refunctioning of theatrical standards and reflect the struggles of modernity.
 * 4) Mumford elaborates on Brecht’s notion that the theatre should be a reflection of the social and political milieu, in which she introduces the term historicization as central to the formation of Brecht's techniques, particularly “Gestus” and the “Separation of Elements”.
 * 5) Squires facilitates a comprehensive description of how “Epic Theatre” was used as a tool to revolutionise theatrical structure as he proposed that the formation of “modern theatre as the new epic theatre” would aid in the emergence of a Marxist revolution.

Answers to Module 7 Questions

 * Describe your media: My media is a voice over recording that I have done of Bertolt Brecht's play "The Measures Taken".
 * Is it your own work?: Yes
 * What is the file format ?: Mp3
 * What license have you chosen?: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license
 * What category/gallery will you add it to?: Bertolt Brecht (voice recordings category)
 * How will you describe the file?: Voice Over (mp3) excerpt from "The Measures Taken" by Bertolt Brecht