Brechtianadj.n.
/ˈbrɛxtɪən/, /ˈbrɛktɪən/, U.S. /ˈbrɛktiən/ A. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) or his plays or dramatic technique.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [adjective] > specific playwright
Terentian1600
Sophocleana1644
Shakespeareana1754
Plautine1768
Aeschylean1783
Marlowish1798
Websterian1809
Euripidean1821
Aristophanic1827
Fletcherian1850
Marlowesque1884
Senecan1885
Jonsonian1886
Marlovian1887
Ibsenian1891
Ibsenish1893
Pinerotic1895
Shavian1904
bardolatrous1905
Ibsenesque1906
Strindbergian1913
Lylian1923
Chekhovian1925
Sheridanesque1931
Brechtian1935
Vanbrughian1947
Stoppardian1978
1935 Life & Letters Today Sept. 66 The film..lies halfway between the Brechtian ideal and commercial materialism.
1948 E. R. Bentley Brecht's Private Life of Master Race 92 The Brechtian theatre has few technical demands to make.
1948 E. R. Bentley Brecht's Private Life of Master Race 93 The Brechtian characters are without hate, without love.
1958 Times 10 Nov. 14/2 His delight in Brechtian visual effects.
1959 Observer 15 Mar. 11/3 Her stagecraft is boldly Brechtian.
B. n.
An admirer or follower of Brecht.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [noun] > playwright > imitation of specific writer > admirer or imitator of specific writer
Shakespearean1837
Marlovian1885
Ibsenite1889
Ibsenist1891
bardolater1903
Shavian1905
Brechtian1959
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 637/1 ‘Relaxed’ is a word which Brechtians are especially fond of applying to the Master's style of acting.
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adj.n.1935