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In a play by this author, a man chopping wood complains that he “studied to be a pastor of souls” before becoming a chaplain. A character created by this author gives a “silent scream” (20[1])in an example (20[1])of the gestus (20[1])(“JEST-uss”) technique, and warns soldiers (20[1])against complaining in the “Song of Great Capitulation.” (20[3])While (20[1])beating a drum on (20[1])a roof, a (*) girl (10[1])is shot (10[3])in a play by (10[1])this author. This author used sparse scenery to induce (10[1])the “alienation effect” (10[2])in a play that includes the deaths (10[2])of Eilif (“EYE-liff”) and Swiss (10[1])Cheese. (10[2])Anna (10[2])Fierling (10[1])(“FEE-uhr-ling”) operates (10[1])a canteen wagon during the Thirty Years War in a play that exemplifies this author’s ideas of “epic theater.” For 10 points, name this German playwright (10[1])who wrote Mother Courage and Her Children. (0[2])■END■ (10[1]0[4])

ANSWER: Bertolt Brecht [or Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht]
<Halle Friedman, Literature - European - Drama&gt; ~14364~ &lt;Editor: Joseph Krol>
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