Влиянието на Брехт върху българската драматургия
The Influence of Brecht on Bulgarian Drama

Summary/Abstract: The central thesis of the article is that Brecht was adopted by the Bulgarian theatre, much like a number of other theatrical perspectives, in hybrid and subjectively interpreted variations. As a consequence of the so-called “thaw” after the mid-1950s, as early as the 1960s, Bulgarian drama discovered new dramaturgical techniques analogous to devices such as “Brechtian alienation” and the “montage principle,” among others. Brecht, with his Marxist worldview and distinct theatrical code, became an important and viable benchmark for Bulgarian playwrights debuting in the 1960s and 1970s in their search for new horizons. Plays that marked the trajectory of nonconformist Bulgarian drama during the communist era cannot be conceptualised without the direct or indirect mediation of Brecht’s model of political theatre. Regardless of the vicissitudes of time, Brecht remains a cornerstone upon which subsequent dramaturgical and stage practices in Bulgarian theatre continue to evolve.

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