Epic theatre (1950-Current times)

Epic theatre began during the 20th century and was founded by the famous practioner Bertholt Brecht. although alot of the techniques brecht introduced during epic theatre had been around and used long before he used them, Brecht was the one that unified them. developed the style, and popularized it.

The main goal of epic theatre is to alienate the audience so that they are constantly aware they are watching a play and not believe its real at all. Brecht did this by using placards and breaking forth wall.

Alot of Epic theatre plays were morality plays as another aim of this style of theatre was to leave the audience thinking and asking themselves questions about the morals and issues raised in the plays. Churches often produced these plays to make people conform to there religions, one of the most common morality plays was "Everyman"