bertolt brecht

     

In 1948 he returned to Europe & soon co-founded the Berliner Ensemble to stage his works

Trivia about bertolt brecht

  • German playwright who wrote "Mother Courage and Her Children" & "The Good Woman of Szechuan"
  • He wrote the libretto for Dessau's "The Trial of Lucullus" & Weill's "The Threepenny Opera"
  • This "Threepenny Opera" playwright returned to Europe shortly after interrogation by HUAC
  • In the 1940s this alliterative German wrote the play "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"
  • The Berliner Ensemble founded by this man in the 1940s finally made its U.S. debut in '99 with a staging of his "Arturo Ui"
  • During most of WWII, this German playwright resided in the U.S.; he left in 1947 & formed the Berliner Ensemble in 1949
  • The 2005 season saw the return of "Happy End", with songs by Kurt Weill & this "Mother Courage" funmeister

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