... 's Marxist political beliefs forced him to go into self-imposed exile, from fascists Germany. His writings had made him a natural enemy of the National Socialists, rising to power in his native country. He first managed to escape to Switzerland, then to Scandinavia. With help from some of his fellow artists and exiles, especially Lion Feuchtwagner, Brecht was able to come to ... feel sympathy for its characters, which violated Brecht's technique of "epic theatre." In these mature works Brecht overgrew the single-minded didactic message of his earlier pieces, and achieved complex themes t...

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