New Purpose, New Techniques
type: Item
label: Nieuwe doelen, nieuwe technieken @nl
label: Neue Aufgaben und Vorgehensweisen @de
label: Nový záměr, nové techniky @cs
label: Nuovi obiettivi, nuove tecniche @it
label: Nuevo propósito, nuevas técnicas @es
label: Nya syften, ny teknik @sv
description: The spread of political theatre
description: De ontwikkeling van het politieke theater @nl
description: Die Verbreitung des politischen Theaters @de
description: Rozšíření politického divadla @cs
description: La diffusione del teatro politico @it
description: La expansión del teatro político @es
description: Den politiska teaterns spridning @sv
Canon story number: 67
Canon story code: G.07
Canon story topic: Knowledge Transfer
Field: artistic production
Link to internal Canonbase page: New_Purpose_New_Techniques
Link to internal Canonbase page: Nieuwe_doelen,_nieuwe_technieken
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: In the inter-war period in Germany, the director Erwin Piscator developed a new theatrical form, 'epic theatre', aiming to spread his socialist political message. He employed radical new staging techniques and influenced many other theatre-makers.
time frame: Inter-war Period
Canon story refers to: Erwin Piscator
Canon story refers to: Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE]
Canon story refers to: Bertolt Brecht
Canon story refers to: Walter Gropius
Canon story refers to: Bauhaus school
Canon story refers to: Total Theatre
Canon story refers to: Freie Volksbühne Berlin