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Who is Bertolt Brecht from Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic and what is their importance? Brecht_on_Theatre:_The_Development_of_an_Aesthetic English & Literature Bertolt Brecht | Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic

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Bertolt Brecht has, for several decades, been regarded by academics and theatre professionals alike as one of the most influential theatre practitioners and theorists not just of the twentieth century, but of history. His beliefs about what theatre is and can be, how it functions, and why it should exist at all were undeniably linked with his socialist political principles, but nevertheless transcended those principles and exhibited a profound understanding of theatre's essential purpose - to explore the nature of humanity.