‘A Good Night Out’: When Political Theatre Aims at Being Popular, Or How Norwegian Political Theatre in the 1970s Utilized Populist Ideals and Popular Culture in Their Performances

Bertolt Brecht stated in Schriften zum Theater: Über eine Nichtaristotelische Dramatik (Writings on Theatre: On Anti-Aristotelian Drama) that a high quality didactic (and politi­cal) theatre should be an entertaining theatre. The Norwegian theatre company Håloga­land Teater used Brecht’s statement a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Anna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Föreningen Nordiska Teaterforskare / Association of Nordic Theatre Scholars 2018
Subjects:
Political Theatre
Popular Culture & Theatre
Adorno
Gramsci
Brecht
Dario Fo
Tramteatret
Hålogaland Teater
Norway
Hålogaland
Northern Norway
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/nts/article/view/104615

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