Brechtian conventions: gestus, historification, placard, narration and the broken fourth wall

What this note covers

1. Epic theatre makes social relations available for judgement
2. Gestus reveals a social relationship through action
3. Historification compares the present through another time
4. Placard, projection and narration frame interpretation
5. Breaking the fourth wall changes audience responsibility
6. Worked Brechtian key-moment analysis
7. Worked Epic sequence: the warehouse clock that owns the shift
8. Worked Brechtian rewrite: an eviction auction in two histories

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