Erwin Piscator

1893 - 1966

country of citizenship: Germany, German Empire, Weimar Republic, West Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg

occupation: theatrical director, film director, director, theatrologist

award received: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen

student of: Arthur Kutscher

official website: www.erwin-piscator.de

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. Source: Wikipedia (en)