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Brecht was exposed to schiller, a formative influence throughout his life, from an early age. While schiller supplied brecht with tragic language (both as langue and parole) and an intellectualist attitude towwards drama, his idealistic conception of theatre, human morality and freedom provoked parodic responses from brecht, especially in his st joan of the stockyards.
Key themes of this book are introduced. This includes brecht's position relative to the western dramatic tradition, the structure of this book and the range of brecht's exposure to (greek) tragedy. The notions of genealogy and analogue are introduced. The chapter concludes with a case study, brecht's use of masks.
This chapter is a detailed analysis of brecht's 'the antigone of sophocles' and its first production (directed by brecht himself) in chur (switzerland) in 1948. Ruth beralau's set of colour photographs, which is published here for the first time in its entirety, is fully integrated into the analysis. The play's reception history is also considered.