Woyzeck quotes

making change (Brecht)

“arouse the audience’s capacity for action”

keeping attention (Brecht)

“the despairing hope of the theatre is to keep a hold of its public by constantly capitulating to its tastes”

curiosity + contemplation (Brecht)

“instead of using conjuring tricks, the actors must invite the audience to question what it sees taking place on stage”

props + furniture (Brecht)

“everything on stage must play a part”

familiarity

“making the familiar, unfamiliar”

attitude (Scanlan)

“resignation and rebellion is fundamentally intertwined with Buchner’s attitude”

representation (Hamlet)

“age and body of the time and pressure”

purpose

“art it not a mirror with which to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it”