THE ACTOR’S INVOLVEMENT: NOTES ON BRECHT—AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH CHAIKIN

This fairly well sums up the kind of questions Brecht forces the actor to face-the most important and most difficult ones.

MUNK: To start with such questions is somewhat overwhelming; let me narrow them down. Can Brecht’s theatre instruct and entertain an American audience? And how should American actors approach Brecht’s theatre so that it becomes effective?