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15. BRECHT IN ASIA : THE CHINESE CONTRIBUTION
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BRECHTI NASI A- TH ECHINES ECONTRIBUTIO N WolframSchlenke r I TheHon gKon gInternationa lBrech tSeminar : Consequencesan dProblem s Afterreturnin gt oBeijin gfro mHon gKon gI trie dt o establishwha tth eChines eparticipant sha dretaine dfro m theSeminar .I twa safte ral lth efirs ttim etha tartist san d Germanistsfro mth ePeople' sRepubli cha dparticipate di n aBrech tconferenc eoutsid eth ePeople' sRepublic ,eve ni f notal lwh oha dbee ninvite dwer eallowe dt ocome ,an ds o therewer egoo dreason sfo rbein gcuriou sabou tth e consequences.Al lth emor es osinc eth erelativel ylarg e groupfro mChin aplaye da comparativel ysmal lrol ei nth e discussions,i nth efirs tplac ebecaus eth elanguag ebarrie r wasno tproperl yovercome ,secondl ybecaus eChin aha s comparativelylittl epractica lexperienc ewit hBrecht ,an d thirdlybecaus eth ecasua lan dinforma lstyl eo fth e Seminaran dth erapid ,swiftl ychangin gmovemen to fth e discussionswer eunaccustomed . Hencei twa sal lth emor esurprisin gt ose eho wth e Seminardi dgiv econsiderabl estimulu san dho wi tals o supportedexistin gendeavours .Thi simpression ,justifyin g inretrospec tth etroubl etake nove rth eSeminar ,wa sa t leastth eresul to fconversation swit hth eco-directo rChe n Yongan dth estage-designe rXu eOianji ewh oha d presentedthei r197 9productio no fLif eo fGalile ofo r discussion.The yassure dm etha tthei rparticipatio nha d beenexceptionall yuseful .T obegin ,o npurpose ,wit hth e mostimportan tpractica lpoint ,the ywer eencourage di n theirpla nt oproduc eTh eCaucasia nChal kCircle ,whic h wouldb eth ethir dBrech tplay ,afte rMothe rCourag ean d TheChines eContributio n 187 Galileot ob eperforme do nth eChines estage .Almos t moreimportan ti sChe nYong' sconsideratio nt owithdra w atleas tt osom esmal lexten tfro mth econstan tattritio n ofth eChines eYout hAr tTheatre' shecti cturnove ro fne w playsi norde rno tmerel yt ohav emor etim efo rreflectio n butals ot oexperimen twit hyounge ractors ,wh oar eofte n trainedi nth eTheatre ,an dinvit ea particula raudienc et o watchthem .Thi si squit eunusua li nth eChines etheatr e andwoul db emos tsignifican tfo rit sdevelopment ,al lth e mores oa sw eca nobserv ea certai ntendenc yt o commercialiseth etheatre' sactivities ,thoug hth ebrake s areapplie do na politica lan dadministrativ elevel ,eve r sinceth etheatre san dthei rpersonne lhav ealmos t exclusivelydepende do nthei row ntaking swithou t subventions. Therei sals oa questio no fformin ga ninterna lworkin g groupo nBrech ti nth eChines eYout hAr tTheatre .I na moreacademi ccontext ,a smal lChines e...