Brecht

American  

[brekt, brekht] / brɛkt, brɛxt /

noun

1. Bertolt 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.

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Brecht British  

/ brɛçt /

noun

1. Bertolt (ˈbɛrtɔlt). 1898–1956, German dramatist, theatrical producer, and poet, who developed a new style of "epic" theatre and a new theory of theatrical alienation, notable also for his wit and compassion. His early works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) (both with music by Kurt Weill). His later plays are concerned with moral and political dilemmas and include Mother Courage and her Children (1941), The Good Woman of Setzuan (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1955)

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Other Word Forms

• Brechtian adjective

Example Sentences

Built around the songs of Kurt Weill, their program tracks his musical life from the caustic Bertolt Brecht shows of 1920s Berlin through his Nazi-forced emigration to France and then to America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The “Embarkation,” for instance, begins with a jubilant seven-member South African women’s chorus singing in Zulu lines from Aeschylus, Brecht and many others.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025

Michael Brecht, who helped write the recent report, describes Mary as “the queen of showering”.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 21, 2024

“I felt like we had a good plan tonight for third down,” Brecht said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023

It was a sublime love, and Joseph Brecht told us about it as he lay there, dying, as he supposed.

From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by Curwood, James Oliver