ACMA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prohibition In The United States
9 Apr 2016
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Theorist of theatre in the 20th century. His first success came at the same time as the first world war in germany. Loss of the war resulted in germany paying the winning countries, destroying their economy. He wasnt satisfied with the theatre that he saw, though it was boring. Believed people should hold the power to have the country should be run. Growing of a nationalist political movement, stemming from the army resulted in hitlers rise to power [right-wing nationalistic movement] President of germany appointed hitler as chancellor. Brecht knew instantly and fled the country. Denmark- sweden- finland- secures papers for us, los angeles. Wanted to write a play that would translate how hitler came to power to the americans. Fictional analogy about hitler set in another place about real historical people. Prohibition era chicago mirrored what was going on in germany. Became powerful by brute force and destruction.
