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Bertolt Brecht
German theatre practitioner and playwright
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Wikipedia
Born: February 10, 1898, Augsburg, Germany
Died: August 14, 1956 (age 58 years), East Berlin
Influenced by: Karl Marx, Pablo Picasso, Georg Büchner, and more
Spouse: Helene Weigel (m. 1930–1956) and Marianne Zoff (m. 1922–1927)
Children: Stefan Brecht, Hanne Hiob, Frank Banholzer, and more
Books
Brecht was a Marxist and made his theatre highly political. He wanted his theatre to spark an interest in his audiences' perception of the world. He did not ...
Brecht was, first, a superior poet, with a command of many styles and moods. ... As a producer he liked lightness, clarity, and firmly knotted narrative sequence; ...
Bertolt Brecht was one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. His works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) with composer Kurt Weill,…
Biography. by Pericles Lewis. The most influential playwright of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht was a conduit for the impact of German expressionism ...