Bertolt's Breakout

WW1 Medical Station

At age 16, well into his years of puberty, he didnt have to worry too much about trivial things such as bad hair day's or spots breaking out. No. The one thing that did break out, much to the dismay of many civillians all around the world was the First World war. Brecht was initially enthusiastic about war. Though this quickly changed due to him seeing his classmates "swallowed by the army". Upon daddy's reccomendation he managed to avoid the army by applying for an additional medical course at Munich University, in which he managed to enrol in 1917. There he managed to study drama with Arthur Kutscher, a
 historian of literarure and researcher of drama. Arthur is primarily known for working with and inspiring playwrights such as Peter Hacks, Klabund, Hanns Johst and Erich Muhsam. Although he is mainly responsible for inspiring Brecht's admiration for dramatist and cabaret star Frank Wedekind (who would be seen as a major factor to the development of  Epic theatre), he was also said to have been "bitterly critical" of Brechts work. July 1916 is when Brecht began writing newspaper articles under the name 'Bert Brecht'. Brecht did not manage to escape the clutches of the army as he was drafted into service in the autumn of 1918, though he was only sent back to Augsburg where he worked at a medical clinic. And even then he only stayed there for a month as the war ended soon after. Got pretty lucky if you ask me.