Erwin Piscator

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Erwin Piscator was a pioneering German theatre director and producer known for developing politically engaged, socially critical stage productions that helped shape modern epic theatre.

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instanceOf German person
human
theatre director
theatre producer
authorOf Das politische Theater NERFINISHED
birthDate 1893-12-17
birthPlace Germany NERFINISHED
Greifenstein-Ulm, Hesse-Nassau, German Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Germany
deathDate 1966-03-30
deathPlace Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany NERFINISHED
educatedAt Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin NERFINISHED
emigratedDuring Nazi era
emigratedTo United States NERFINISHED
employed documentary material in theatre
film in theatre productions
projection technology on stage
familyName Piscator NERFINISHED
founded Piscator-Bühne NERFINISHED
Proletarian Theatre in Berlin NERFINISHED
genre political theatre
givenName Erwin NERFINISHED
influenced Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED
documentary theatre
modern political theatre
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement epic theatre
political theatre
name Erwin Piscator NERFINISHED
notableFor development of epic theatre
politically engaged theatre
socially critical stage productions
notableWork The Political Theatre (Das politische Theater) NERFINISHED
occupation stage designer
theatre director
theatre producer
politicalAlignment Marxist
left-wing
positionHeld director of the Dramatic Workshop at the New School
director of the Freie Volksbühne Berlin
returnedTo Germany after World War II NERFINISHED
servedIn German Army in World War I NERFINISHED
spouse Maria Ley Piscator NERFINISHED
taughtAt New School for Social Research NERFINISHED
usedArtisticMedium mechanized stage devices
multi-media staging
workedIn Berlin NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
West Berlin NERFINISHED

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epic theatre influencedBy Erwin Piscator
epic theatre hasKeyFigure Erwin Piscator
Verfremdungseffekt appliedInWorksBy Erwin Piscator
Judith Malina studentOf Erwin Piscator