For 10 points, name this proponent of epic theater who wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Mother Courage and Her Children.
This writer advocated for gestus and the alienation effect in a theoretical work. This author of numerous "learning-plays" and A Short Organum for the Theater wrote a play in which the Grand Duke is saved by Azdak. In that play, Azdak is appointed a judge and declares Michael's mother to be Grusha. In another of his plays, the title character's cart becomes lighter as the play progresses. After drawing slips of paper marked with crosses, Eilif, Kattrin, and Swiss Cheese are all killed in that play, which centers on Anna Fierling. For 10 points, name this proponent of epic theater who wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Mother Courage and Her Children.
This writer advocated for gestus and the alienation effect in a theoretical work.
Bertolt {Brecht}