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Chapter 29 - Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy

from Part III - The World’s Brecht

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2021

By
Janine Ludwig
Edited by
Stephen Brockmann
Stephen Brockmann
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Summary

Heiner Müller is considered to be not only the most important playwright to emerge from the German Democratic Republic but also the East German playwright most heavily influenced by Bertolt Brecht.Müller “began where Brecht left off,” pushing further along the path of Brecht’s theatrical projects and theories and even taking up projects that had been left unfinished by Brecht himself.In the 1970s, with his “farewell to the learning play,” Müller seemed for a time to be distancing himself from his mentor.And yet the accusation of “literary patricide” sometimes made against him runs counter to the fact that Müller continued his interest in Brecht right up until his death in 1995.Since then, avant-garde theater artists have continued to honor the legacy of both playwrights.

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Heiner MüllerBertolt BrechtGerman Democratic RepublicGermany (East)learning playavant-garde theaterrevolutionary theater
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Bertolt Brecht in Context , pp. 249 - 256
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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