Erwin Piscator

Erwin Piscator
Portrait of Piscator, c. 1929
Born	Erwin Friedrich Max Piscator (1893-12-17)17 December 1893 Greifenstein-Ulm, German Empire
Died	30 March 1966(1966-03-30) (aged 72) Starnberg, West Germany
Education	Gymnasium Philippinum (1907) University of Munich
Occupation(s)	Theatre director, producer
Known for	Founded the Dramatic Workshop at The New School for Social Research (1940).
Notable work	The Political Theatre (1929)
Style	Epic Theatre, Documentary theatre
Spouse(s)	Hildegard Jurczyk (m. 1919)[1] Maria Ley (m. 1937)
Relatives	Johannes Piscator
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Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator (17 December 1893 – 30 March 1966) was a German theatre director and producer. Along with Bertolt Brecht, he was the foremost exponent of epic theatre, a form that emphasizes the socio-political content of drama, rather than its emotional manipulation of the audience or the production's formal beauty.^[2]