首先要把布莱希特戏剧(Brechtian,以后简称布式戏剧)和布莱希特的戏剧区分开来。布式戏剧主要是在布莱希特去世之后受他的影响——包括批判性的社会内容以及叙述体的艺术风格两方面的影响——而创作的戏剧。几十年来布式戏剧在英国和其它一些欧洲国家一直是剧坛主流之一,而在美国却老是被主流戏剧界冷落。但是,自一九八八年以来,一批带有布式戏剧特点的美国剧作连 The first thing to do is to separate Brechtian’s drama from Brecht’s drama. The cloth plays were primarily drama that was influenced by him after Brecht’s death, including both critical social content and the artistic style of the narrative. For decades, cloth theater has been one of the major trends in the UK in the UK and in some other European countries, while in the United States it has always been left out by the mainstream theater industry. However, since 1988, a number of American dramas with theatrical features have been connected