Woyzeck - Include in Essay

Question 1

What to include in an introduction?

Answer 1

1. Swan Theatre
2. Time Period - Modern Day
3. Buchner’s intentions.
4. Link to Brecht
5. Acting Style - Expressionist

Question 2

What are the key techniques of Brecht?

Answer 2

1. ‘V’ Effect
2. Epic Theatre
3. Epic Design
4. Half Curtain Technique
5. Gestus
6. Political Theatre

Question 3

When was Woyzeck written?

Answer 3

1837

Question 4

What is the name of ‘The Real Woyzeck’ - What happened?

Answer 4

Johann Christian Woyzeck - First case in German legal history to use the insanity defence in murder case of his Wife.

Question 5

Original Performance of Woyzeck - Where and When?

Answer 5

At the Residenztheater, Munich - 1913

Question 6

What were Buchner’s intentions?

Answer 6

1. Expose polarisation of classes + the class system
2. Expose the trenchant social criticism
3. Explore through the lens of a tragic, working-class protagonist.
4. Plight of the working class (unfortunate)