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I always thought there was something half-baked in Bertolt Brecht’s formulation of the “alienation effect.” First, there is a discrepancy between what he aims for and the method he proposes to get ...

An innovative new 2-part radio production of Brecht’s timeless anti-war play with songs. A narrator observes from present day Ukraine, and unconventional techniques mirror Brecht’s “alienation effect” ...

No, Andrea: “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” The lines, Galileo responding to the parting words of his pupil, Andrea Sarti, who is furious and betrayed by his teacher’s recantation, are from ...