Bertolt brecht was a great playwright of th 20th century in which he became a great practioner of epic theatre.

Brecht's intent was to keep the audience alienated or distanced from what is happening in the play so they could freely concentrate on the larger social and political issues that are made and reflected during the play. Brecht considered his plays to be epic because it attempted to create a whole new perspective of human history and to indicate the political direction to make things clearer. Brecht's, Epic theatre (Brechtian theatre), was directed against the …

…open mind and let the questions asked in his play's to swirl around in their heads and then allow themselves form an opinion on the subject. But to do this he had to use the alienation effect which made the difference to conveying he's message across. Brecht considered his plays to be epic because it attempted to create a whole new perspective of human history and to indicate the political direction to make things clearer.