The Measures Taken

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The Measures Taken is a didactic play by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht that explores revolutionary ethics and collective responsibility through the lens of epic theatre.

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instanceOf didactic play ⓘ
epic theatre work ⓘ
play ⓘ
alternateName Die Maßnahme ⓘ
author Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
collaborator Hanns Eisler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dramaticStyle epic theatre ⓘ
dramaticTechnique Verfremdungseffekt ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
narration ⓘ
songs ⓘ
exploresConcept party discipline ⓘ
self-criticism ⓘ
subordination of individual to collective ⓘ
violence in revolution ⓘ
featuresCharacterType agitators ⓘ
party functionaries ⓘ
young comrade ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1930 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Berlin ⓘ
form play in scenes ⓘ
genre didactic play ⓘ
epic theatre ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
hasForm Lehrstück ⓘ
hasSubject revolutionary cell in a foreign country ⓘ
influencedBy Leninist party doctrine ⓘ
Marxist theory ⓘ
intendedFunction didactic instruction ⓘ
political education ⓘ
mainTheme collective responsibility ⓘ
communist revolution ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
revolutionary ethics ⓘ
movement Brechtian theatre ⓘ
linked to: epic theatre

epic theatre movement ⓘ
linked to: epic theatre
musicBy Hanns Eisler ⓘ
notableFeature direct address to audience ⓘ
minimal psychological characterization ⓘ
use of chorus as collective voice ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
period Weimar Republic ⓘ
politicalContext Marxism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
revolutionary movement ⓘ
setting Moscow ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
structure prologue and scenes ⓘ

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Bertolt Brecht → notableWork → The Measures Taken ⓘ