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Playing Brecht 
 
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Brecht's theories of theatre don't matter anymore
 
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The famous and much touted phrase
 
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Brecht's ideas on acting
 
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The ideas come through in spite of you
 
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Play a person first
 
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A better playwright than a theorist
 
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He was a theatrical pragmatist above all
 

 
 

Play a person first

Actor Bertie Carvel explains that although Brecht's ideas on acting are interesting, he finds that he can't act an idea, but must play a person first.

 
 
 
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