Brecht as director and dramaturge at the productions of his plays

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370104
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Ichikawa Akira 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 名誉教授 (00151465)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ブレヒト / ベルリーナー・アンサンブル / 演出家・ドラマトゥルク / チューリヒ劇場 / 叙事詩的演劇 / 上演モデルブック / 放送劇

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a director Brecht stands diametrically opposed to the concept of “Regietheater“ (director's theatre). In his view theatrical work is a collective work of specialists of different arts und therefore a “Gesamtkunstwerk”. Brecht is convinced that a play is only finished on stage and that therefore the text has to change permanently during the rehearsals. His work as director begins in 1922, and also features projects as film and radio director. His encounter with Erich Engel and Caspar Neher in the 1920s leads to a co-operation which lasts up until the performance of “Antigone” (1948) in Switzerland and the works in the Berliner Ensemble. In co-direction with both of them Brecht plays the role as dramaturge (literary director).

Free Research Field

演劇学、ドイツ文学