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	AllRefer.com - Erwin Piscator (Theater, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Erwin Piscator[piskA´tOr] Pronunciation Key, 1893–1966, German theatrical director and producer who, with Bertolt Brecht, was the foremost exponent of epic theater, a genre that emphasizes the sociopolitical context rather than the emotional content or aesthetics of the play.
		Piscator went to the United States in 1939 and became director of the Dramatic Workshop and the Studio Theater, which he founded in New York City.
		He returned to Germany c.1958; he was appointed manager and director of the VolksbUhne in West Berlin and received honors from the West German government for his contribution to the arts.
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	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Piscator Erwin Friedrich Maximilian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Piscator, Erwin Friedrich Maximilian (1893-1966), German Marxist theatre director.
		Piscator was born in Ulm on December 17, 1893.
		In parallel, in the early 1920s, the two main 20th-century exponents of overtly political theatre, Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht, were working in...
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	Erwin Piscator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator, (December 17, 1893 – March 30, 1966), German theatrical director and producer who, with Bertolt Brecht, was the foremost exponent of epic theater, a genre that emphasizes the sociopolitical context rather than the emotional content or aesthetics of the play.
		As stage director at the Volksbühne (1924–1927), and later as managing director at his own theater (on Nollendorfplatz), he produced social and political plays especially suited to his theories.
		Piscator went to the United States in 1939 and became director of the Dramatic Workshop, which he founded at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
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	Erwin Piscator - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Piscator, Erwin, (December 17, 1893—1966), German theatrical director and producer who, with Bertolt Brecht, was the foremost exponent of epic theater, a genre that emphasizes the sociopolitical context rather than the emotional content or aesthetics of the play.
		As director of the Volksbühne (1924—1927), and later at his own theater (on Nollendorfplatz), he produced social and political plays especially suited to his theories.
		Piscator went to the United States in 1939 and became director of the Dramatic Workshop and the Studio Theater, which he founded at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Erwin_Piscator (257 words)

	ERWIN PISCATOR PAPERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Erwin Piscator Papers at SIUC mainly document Piscator’s work during the periods 1936-51 (when EP was in France and the U.S.) and 1962-66 (when EP was in Germany), although this latter period is fragmentary.
		The material included in the collection is arranged chronologically in order to show the genesis of plans and their development as completely as possible, except play and production manuscripts, which are arranged alphabetically to avoid dating errors and aid in location, since many plays were either undatable or produced several times at the Dramatic Workshop.
		The manuscript collection includes Erwin Piscator’s papers, influenced by and concerning to a great extent the problems and main figures of the international theatre.
	www.lib.siu.edu /spcol/inventory/SC031.html (449 words)

	Piscator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Piscator uses, as we shall see, a number of production elements which have some similarities with those that have gone before but they are being put to a different ideological purpose.
		Piscator is clear that the purpose of theatre is to entertain and teach simultaneously.
		Piscator stated that his overall purpose was to turn the performance into a public meeting with the kind of audience participation (or more properly audience indigation) which he had experienced in his agitprop work.
	www.citycol.com /perfdesn/Piscator.htm (4187 words)

	Biografie - Erwin Piscator - Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Künste, Berlin
		Piscator nimmt einen Filmauftrag der russischen Filmfirma Meshrapom an.
		Wie in den zwanziger Jahren gerät Piscator mit seinen Inszenierungen in das Trommelfeuer der konservativen Kritik.
		Piscator, der seit Jahren an einer Fehlfunktion der Nieren leidet, muß sich erneut in stationäre Behandlung begeben.
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	Erwin Piscator -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Piscator, Erwin, 1893—1966, German theatrical director and producer who, with (German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956)) Bertolt Brecht, was the foremost exponent of (additional info and facts about epic theater) epic theater, a genre that emphasizes the sociopolitical context rather than the emotional content or aesthetics of the play.
		As director of the (additional info and facts about Volksbühne) Volksbühne (1924—27), and later at his own theater (on Nollendorfplatz), he produced social and political plays especially suited to his theories.
		He returned to Germany c.1958; he was appointed manager and director of the (additional info and facts about Volksbühne) Volksbühne in East Berlin and received honors from the East German government for his contribution to the arts.
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		Erwin E. Smith was the outstanding cowboy photographer of the West, and these eighty photographs were among those he chose for an exhibit of his best work at the 1936 Texas Centennial.
		Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists and philosophers of the 20th century, and his lectures are legendary.
		Doig and Hargrove outline a perspective on leadership in government that emphasizes entrepreneurship, showing how government executives' ability to set goals, generate support inside and outside the bureaucracy, and implement innovative ideas--even at risk to their own careers--can have a significant impact on their organizations and on society.
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		Piscator was conscripted into the German army during WWI: two years at front line.
		Piscator's response to this situation is to address the discrepancy through the mise en scène--his innovations in the use of theatrical space and new stage technologies make up for the discrepancies in the realm of play-writing.
		The Theatre of Erwin Piscator: Half a Century of Politics in the Theatre.
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	Sitio al margen: Bertolt Brecht y la estética marxista.
		Es en ese contexto de fusiones y nuevas experiencias que se genera una auténtica estética marxista que tuvo sus mejores discípulos en Erwin Piscator y Bertolt Brecht.
		Piscator funda en 1920 el teatro proletario, destinado a la propagación de la idea de la lucha de clases.
		Del mismo modo que Piscator, Bertolt Brecht genera una estética novedosa, llevando a su máximo apogeo al teatro revolucionario, el cual marcar con fuerza a un gran número de dramaturgos posteriores.
	www.almargen.com.ar /sitio/seccion/literatura/brecht (1667 words)

	Biographie: Erwin Piscator, 1893-1966
		Dezember: Erwin Piscator wird als Sohn einer protestantischen Familie in der Nähe von Wetzlar geboren.
		Piscator wird einem Fronttheater in Kortrijk (Belgien) als Schauspieler und Regisseur zugeteilt.
		Die beiden großen Revuen Piscators, "Revue Roter Rummel" und "Trotz alledem", kennzeichnen den Höhepunkt des politischen Massentheaters der Weimarer Republik.
	www.dhm.de /lemo/html/biografien/PiscatorErwin (357 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Erwin Piscator
		Piscator, Erwin, 1893—1966, German theatrical director and producer who, with Bertolt Brecht, was the foremost exponent of epic theater, a genre that emphasizes the sociopolitical context rather than the emotional content or aesthetics of the play.
		As director of the Volksbühne (1924—27), and later at his own theater (on Nollendorfplatz), he produced social and political plays especially suited to his theories.
		He returned to Germany c.1958; he was appointed manager and director of the Volksbühne in West Berlin and received honors from the West German government for his contribution to the arts.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Erwin_Piscator (184 words)

	Erwin Piscator -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		He was the originator of the epic theatre style later developed by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht.
		After the war Piscator set out to create a theatre that had a clear place and function in a world that also contained machine guns and artillery shells.
		It became part of the Epic theatre tradition initiated by Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht in Germany in the 1920s.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9060183 (618 words)

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		In Berlin of the 1920s Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator created a new form of theatre out of experiences of the First World War and the social tensions of the Weimar Republic.
		Its aim was to show social reality in all its complexity, and it was based both on traditional forms of theatre and on performances not related to the stage in order to interrupt and to analyse the dramatic narrative.
		Piscator who became famous for his intense use of film in stage performances tried to realise the idea of a highly technical “total theatre”.
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	erwin piscator - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Theatre of Erwin Piscator Half a Century of Politics in the Theatre The Theatre of Erwin Piscator by JOHN WILLETT HOLMES...73, 75, 76, 77, 78 Erwin-Piscator-Center, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin-West...
		After his return from exile Piscator was instrumental in its revival in the 1960s, most notably with his stagings of both...
		Although German director Erwin Piscator claims to have been the first to use slide projections...Meyerhold were simultaneously employing similar techniques.
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	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Revival in Manhattan -- Dec. 23, 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Erwin Piscator, 47, is the slight, grey son of a German Protestant family of Hessen-Nassau.
		Currently Piscator is director of the 400-seat Studio Theatre of Manhattan's New School for Social Research, many of whose brilliant staff are political refugees.
		Piscator feels that Lear's picture of the ravages wrought by the power lust is especially relevant nowadays.
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	Erwin
		Erwin is a German name, coming from the elements “era” (honor) and “win” (friend).
		The German name Erwin was common in Germany from the Middle Ages until modern times.
		Erwin was a common name in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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	Hostinec U Kalicha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In opposition to several, well-known legends, Piscator never looked for "The Goblet", since he was never in Prague.
		That smoky and dirty bar became, in spite of itself, already in the 1930's of the twentieth century, an object of curiosity by several locals as well as foreign publishers and personalities of the time.
		Men of letters and artists from Germany, who were visiting the "racing reporter" Egon Erwin Kisch, expressed their wish to visit the restaurant.
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	ERWIN PISCATOR FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator, (December_17, 1893 â“ March_30, 1966), German theatrical director and producer who, with Bertolt_Brecht, was the foremost exponent of epic_theater, a genre that emphasizes the sociopolitical context rather than the emotional content or aesthetics of the play.
		Piscator went to the United_States in 1939 and became director of the Dramatic_Workshop, which he founded at the New School for Social Research in New_York_City.
		His stage adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel War_and_Peace has been played in some 16 countries since 1955, e.g.
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	The Nation, 06/06/1928 - Piscator and the German Tradition by Krutch, Joseph Wood
		An enthusiastic Communist, Piscator confesses his intention to make each of his productions serve to some extent as revolutionary propaganda, and he has had a brief but conspicuous career.
		After directing various Labor Theaters, first in the provinces and then in Berlin, he joined the Volksbühne, where he produced "A Night's Lodging" and then a new play called "Sturmflüge," in which, for the first time, he used the films which have since become one of the most conspicuous features of his method.
		...Piscator and the German Tradition By JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH Berlin, April 17 THE various productions of Erwin Piseator have furnished Berlin with its sensations for the present season...
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	MSU Author (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Contrary to the prevailing research on this topic, the study proves that Bertolt Brecht is not the inventor of epic theater.
		It shows that Erwin Piscator incorporated the essential elements of epic theater in his theater productions long before Brecht's first formulation of the theory of epic theater.
		The study then presents a chronological, comparative analysis of the characteristics of epic theater and the purpose of epic theater as practiced by Brecht and Piscator during the period of 1926 - 1933, the emigration, and the return of Brecht to Germany from the United States.
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