Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Nolan, Michael Patrick
Author's Email Address	mikenolan2us@yahoo.com
URN	etd-04122004-124639
Title	Brechtian Philosophy without Brecht: Johnny Johnson as Gestic Theatre
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Theatre, School of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Anita Gonzalez Committee Chair Carrie Sandahl Committee Member Gayle Seaton Committee Member
Keywords	Weill Johnny Johnson Green
Date of Defense	2004-03-29
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis explores Weill and Green’s Johnny Johnson, produced by the Group Theatre in 1936. The play is an example of gestic theatre, first seen in the works of Brecht and Weill and continued by Weill after his arrival in the United States. The purpose is to determine the gestic quality of the play by first exploring the many theories and identifying a clear definition of gestus, and then by highlighting moments in the texts that exhibit qualities of that definition. By using both published material and archival documents from the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a detailed reading was performed to determine moments within the play that meet the criteria established in the paper. The material reviewed included the text of the play as well as Weill’s musical score. The research determined four variations of gestus either created by Brecht and Weill or adapted by Weill and Green: musical, lyrical, visual and social. Johnny Johnson contains several examples of these variations. Johnny Johnson is a clear example of Brecht and Weill’s legacy, the next step in their theories, which has its influence in current musical theatre.
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