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Although Brecht's work and ideas about theatre are generally thought of as belonging to [[modernism]], there is recent thought that he is the forerunner of contemporary [[postmodern]] theatre practice. This is particularly so because he questioned and dissolved many of the accepted practices of the theatre of his time and created a uniquely [[political theatre]], that involved the audience in understanding its meaning. Moreover, he was one of the first theatre practitioners to incorporate multimedia into the [[semiotics]] of theatre.

== Major works ==

* Peter Thomson and Glendyr Sacks, eds. (1994) ''The Cambridge Companion to Brecht'', Cambridge University Press

* John Willett, trans and ed. (1992) ''Brecht on Theatre, The Development of an Aesthetic'', Hill and Wang, New York

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