Berliner Ensemble
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The Berliner Ensemble is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht's exile, the
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, home of the Berliner Ensemble
Manfred Wekwerth and Gisela May during rehearsals of Mother Courage and Her Children (1978)
Helene Weigel
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Helene Weigel was an Austrian actress and artistic director. She was the second and last wife of Bertolt Brecht until his death in 1956; together they had two children.
Berliner Ensemble
…The Berliner Ensemble (German pronunciation: ) is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht's exile, the company first worked at Wolfgang…
Weigel in 1967, as "Mother" in Bertolt Brecht's play The Mother
East German commemorative stamp for Helene Weigel