Richard Baines Richard Baines i(A17300 works by) (a.k.a. Richard Pilkington Baines)
Born: Established: 1941
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Caucasian Chalk Thing : Freely Adapted from the Play by Bertolt Brecht Richard Baines , 2013 Putney : Phoenix Education , 2013 6088889 2013 single work drama

'Why tinker with The Caucasian Chalk Circle? It's a long play. It's a complicated play. The propaganda can become a bit repetitive. Epic theatre, as Brecht's theatre is called, is like a row of boxcars, each scene standing on its own, and so the sets are constantly changing. Most school productions would take a knife to the original text. Our version simplifies and streamlines the production. Extra lines are added without taking away the spirit and mood of the original. There are parts here for twenty or more actors, half of them playing several characters. But this is Brecht. His poetry is here. His humour is here. His characters continue to be amusing because of their blatantly self-centred approach to life. Many of them are caricatures, but that is what makes them fun to play. This is not Stanislavski. Actors do not need to be talented thespians to take part in a Brecht play. So 'have fun with it' as Drama Directors are wont to say on opening nights.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 y separately published work icon Paper Windows : An Anthology of Short Stories Richard Baines (editor), Melbourne : Edward Arnold Australia , 1994 Z561301 1994 anthology short story
1 y separately published work icon Enter the Players : A Drama Workbook Brian Keyte (editor), Richard Baines (editor), Australia : Nelson , 1988 7363755 1988 selected work non-fiction
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