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Bertolt Brecht

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924, where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann and…

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Epic theatre
Born
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (1898-02-10)10 February 1898 Augsburg, Germany
Children
4, including Hanne, Stefan and Barbara
Died
14 August 1956(1956-08-14) (aged 58) East Berlin, East Germany
Literary movement
Non-Aristotelian drama
Notable works
The Threepenny Opera · Life of Galileo · Mother Courage and Her Children · The Good Person of Szechwan · The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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Notable works · 7
Bertolt Brecht → Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children, Mr Puntila and His Man Matti, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Good Person of Szechwan, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Threepenny Opera
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Bertolt Brecht → Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (1898-02-10)10 February 1898 Augsburg, Germany
Children · 1
Bertolt Brecht → 4, including Hanne, Stefan and Barbara
Died · 1
Bertolt Brecht → 14 August 1956(1956-08-14) (aged 58) East Berlin, East Germany

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Bertolt BrechtNotable worksThe Threepenny Opera1.00infobox
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Bertolt BrechtNotable worksThe Good Person of Szechwan1.00infobox
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