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Bertolt Brecht: irresistible force or forgotten chapter in theatrical history? by Michael Billington

Brecht's belief that drama should present moral ideas through action is unfashionable, but as theatre becomes ever more narcissistic, audiences are seeking him out againIt's that man again: Bertolt Brecht. His early play, In the Jungle of Cities, is being revived at London's Arcola, and later this month he's back in the West End, as Jonathan Church's Chichester production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui moves to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AM on September 18, 2013

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