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Pastimes : Ask John Galt...
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To: Ignacio Mosqueira who wrote (3793)4/7/1998 8:28:00 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (3) of 4006
 
My recall (and yes-it's been 100 years since I was in grad school)is that Alienation (A-effect) refers to a style of theatre rather than the philosophy expressed by the playwrights. There was no attempt to create empathy or identification between the audience and actors. Usually sets were minimal, language used oddly, the actors might talk directly to the audience..Intentional space was created between actor and onlooker. Brecht was a realist, who tried to show things as they are, Beckett an absurdist who had difficulty coming to terms with the world, who actually felt that language was useless.
So perhaps the editor was commenting on your staging? Is it minimal? No attempt at suspension of disbelief? I didn't enjoy Brecht and Beckett in my twenties, but might now. I did like Ionesco and some of the other absurdists.
(Also an Alienist is an early term for a psychiatrist-not sure that's the word you want)
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