Besides Brecht, which two figures influenced epic theatre?
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Correct answer: C. Erwin Piscator and Max Reinhardt
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Piscator's political, multimedia productions of the 1920s Berlin stage shaped 'epic theatre', and Reinhardt's stagecraft trained Brecht. Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty and Stanislavski's psychological realism point the other way.
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