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Erwin Piscator
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German theatre director (1893–1966)
OverviewAI-generated
Erwin Piscator was a German theatrical director, film director, and theatrologist. Born in Greifenstein in 1893, he held citizenship in the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, West Germany, and Germany. He participated in World War I and was a member of the Communist Party of Germany. His work locations included Paris and New York City. Piscator died in Starnberg in 1966 and is buried in Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery.
He was a student of Arthur Kutscher and taught Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, Elaine Stritch, and Harry Belafonte. His notable works include *Das politische Theater*, *American tragedy*, and *Sayoku gekijō*. He was associated with political theatre and was affected by the Nazi book burnings. Piscator spoke German.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1966
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Das politische Theater
- Milḥamah ṿe-shalom
- American tragedy
- Sayoku gekijō
- Erwin Piscator
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Legends of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2016
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters — Self (archive footage)2002
- Ein Mann namens Pis1991
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Erwin Friedrich Max Piscator , ( 1893-12-17 ) 17 December 1893, Greifenstein-Ulm , German Empire
- Died
- 30 March 1966 (1966-03-30) (aged 72), Starnberg , West Germany
- Education
- Gymnasium Philippinum (1907) LMU Munich
- Occupations
- Theatre director, producer
- Known for
- Founded the Dramatic Workshop at The New School for Social Research (1940).
- Notable work
- The Political Theatre (1929)
- Style
- Epic Theatre , Documentary theatre
- Spouse s
- Hildegard Jurczyk (m. 1919) , Maria Ley (m. 1937)
- Relatives
- Johannes Piscator
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Described at
About: Erwin Piscator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erwin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Starnberg
- Occupation
- film producer
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Arthur Kutscher
- Conflict
- World War I
- Official website
- www.erwin-piscator.de
- Image
- Piscator-Portrait.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
- Significant event
- Nazi book burnings
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- Commons category
- Erwin Piscator
- date of birth
- 1893-00-00
- date of death
- 1966-00-00
- name in native language
- Erwin Piscator
- place of burial
- Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery
- Commons gallery
- Erwin Piscator
- student
- Rod Steiger
- name in kana
- エルヴィン・ピスカトール
- P8168
- zotepine
- described at URL
- dbpedia.org/resource/Erwin_Piscator
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Erwin Piscator, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator (17 December 1893 – 30 March 1966) was a German theatre director and producer. Along with Bertolt Brecht, he was the foremost exponent of epic theatre, a form that emphasizes the socio-political content of drama, rather than its emotional manipulation of the audience or the production's formal beauty.
Biography
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