Abstrakt:
This bachelor thesis focuses on detailing Bertolt Brecht's epic theatre and finding its traces in two plays (Cloud Nine and Vinegar Tom) by Caryl Churchill. Firstly, Brecht's epic theatre, its elements and goals are discussed. Secondly, the significance of Brecht's epic theatre in Great Britain is explained and his legacy and influence on British playwrights and British feminist playwrights is described. In the analytical chapter of the thesis, plays Vinegar Tom and Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill are analysed in detail in order to find elements of Brecht's epic theatre.