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This theatre attempted to repudiate realistic conventions through stagecraft that called attention to its own artificiality and a didactic performance style that required the actor to “demonstrate,” rather than “integrate with,” his character.

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Answer: It is named called Brecht's theatre of alienation

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The theatrical conventions developed by Brecht are surrounded by much confusion. Techniques such as the verfremdungsteffekt/alienation effect, didacticism, breaking the fourth wall, gestus, narration and use of song all encompass the Brechtian theorisation of Epic Theatre.

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