Brecht's Characterisation Continued

Following on from the previous two posts, we looked at how Brecht deals with characterisation in a similar way to, say, Comedia del Arte with a use of over the top stock characters. We also looked at the physicalisation of these characters and how many can seem similar, such as the pregnant lady and business man, and how these are all stereotypical archetypal characters. We each took a character and played out a scene involving those characters, where at some point, we would find out that these characters were effected by a strike that was happening elsewhere. It was interesting to see how these characters reacted when played almost as caricatures. This certainly was an insight into how Brecht intended theatre to be viewed.