Differences between Dramatic and Epic theatre


Dramatic
Epic theatre
Brings event to life
Relates the event
Communicates experience
Communicates insights
Audience is projected into an event, connects with audience emotionally  
Audience is confronted to an event, informs and teaches the audience
Suggestion is used
Arguments are used
The world as it is, one event follows the other in a straight line  
The world as its becoming, events move in curved irregular line

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