Abstract:
This creative project has explored the principles of play production found in the theoretical works of Bertolt Brecht with the purpose of arriving at a specific production practice for the stage works of Brecht. That production practice was then tested in a production of Brecht's The Good Women of Setguan staged and directed by the researcher.Some of the research areas covered in the project are settings, lights, projections, live television, and sound. Acting and directing problems are reviewed with special attention given to problems which are unique to Brecht productions.Also included in the project are drawings and lighting plots for three settings considered for the play, an annotated production book with technical cues and blocking instructions, and a selection of photographs from the production.