Claus Peymann
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Claus Peymann was a German theatre director and manager. He headed the Schauspiel Stuttgart from 1974, the Schauspielhaus Bochum from 1979, the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1986 to 1999, and the Berline
Peymann, in 2011
Peymann in 2013
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
Claus Peymann
…and manager. He headed the Schauspiel Stuttgart from 1974, the Schauspielhaus Bochum from 1979, the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1986 to 1999, and the Berliner Ensemble from 1999 to 2017. In all positions, he focused on world premieres of plays and invited new directors, often causing controversy. He produced Handke's…
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, home of the Berliner Ensemble
Manfred Wekwerth and Gisela May during rehearsals of Mother Courage and Her Children (1978)