Bertolt Brecht - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956) was an influential German dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia Ii - Bertolt Brecht - Life And Career
Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Brecht studied medicine and worked briefly as an orderly in a hospital in Munich during World War I. After the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia Ii - Bertolt Brecht - Life And Career
Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Brecht studied medicine and worked briefly as an orderly in a hospital in Munich during World War I. After the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1956: Encyclopedia - 1956
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1956 - Events. January 1 - End of Anglo-Egyptian Codominiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1898: Encyclopedia - 1898
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Cinema: Encyclopedia - African Cinema
The term African cinema usually refers to the film production in countries south of the Sahara since they gained formal independence, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auferstanden Aus Ruinen: Encyclopedia - Auferstanden Aus Ruinen
Auferstanden aus Ruinen (Risen from the Ruins) was the national anthem of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, German: Deutsche Demo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 14: Encyclopedia - August 14
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. August 14 - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baal: Encyclopedia - Baal
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Moloch | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballad: Encyclopedia - Ballad
A ballad is a story in a song, usually a narrative song or poem. It is a rhythmic saga of a past affair, which may be heroic, romantic or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bard Soviet Union: Encyclopedia - Bard Soviet Union
The term bard (барды) came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s (and continues to be used in Russia today) for popular ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven Deadly Sins: Encyclopedia - Seven Deadly Sins
The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, suggest a classification of vices and were enumerated in their p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1976 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1976 In Music
See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1976 in music - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Dietrich Grabbe: Encyclopedia - Christian Dietrich Grabbe
Christian Dietrich Grabbe (December 11, 1801 – September 12, 1836) was a German dramatist. He was born in Detmold, Germany. He wrote ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Benjamin: Encyclopedia - Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin (July 15, 1892-September 27, 1940) was a German Jewish Marxist literary critic and philosopher. He was at times associate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - V Tv Series: Encyclopedia - V Tv Series
V was a 1983 U.S. science fiction television miniseries written and directed by Kenneth Johnson and first shown on NBC. It starred Jane B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utpal Dutt: Encyclopedia - Utpal Dutt
Utpal Dutt (Bangla: উত্পল দত্ত) (March 29, 1929, Barisal in the then Undivided Bengal -- August 19, 1993, Calcutta, Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ui: Encyclopedia - Ui
UI is an acronym for: user interface University of Indonesia | homepage University of Idaho | homepage University of Illinois | homepage...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weimar Culture: Encyclopedia - Weimar Culture
Weimar Republic refers to the years (1919-1933) in German history. Politically and economically, the nation struggled with the terms and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris Commune: Encyclopedia - Paris Commune
The term "Paris Commune" originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. However, the term more commonly ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Borogravia: Encyclopedia - Borogravia
Borogravia is a fictional country in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels. It is small and extremely war-intensive, and closely r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Zuckmayer: Encyclopedia - Carl Zuckmayer
Carl Zuckmayer (December 27, 1896 – January 18, 1977) was a German writer and playwright. Born in Nackenheim in Rheinhessen, he was fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bavaria: Encyclopedia - Bavaria
The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia - 20th Century
The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman à Clef: Encyclopedia - Roman à Clef
A roman à clef or roman à clé (French for "novel with a key") is a novel describing real-life events behind a façade of fiction. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theatre: Encyclopedia - Theatre
Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, ges...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exile: Encyclopedia - Exile
Exile is a form of punishment. It means to be away from one's home (i.e. city, state or country) while either being explicitly refused pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Encyclopedia Ii - Faiz Ahmed Faiz - Family
Faiz was born in Sialkot on February 13, 1911, in the province of Punjab in what was then undivided India. His father, a barrister, was k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Mcguinness: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Mcguinness - Biography
Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana in the Innisowen Peninsula, County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. He was educated locally and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hermann Göring: Encyclopedia Ii - Hermann Göring - Göring's Last Days
Göring's last days were spent with Gustave Gilbert, a Jewish German-speaking intelligence officer and psychologist who was granted free ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hanne Hiob: Encyclopedia Ii - Hanne Hiob - Films
Hanne Hiob played in the following films: Hundert Jahre Brecht (1997) Die letzte Runde (1983) Regentropfen (1980/1981) Die Ermittlung (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles California: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles California - People And Culture
Los Angeles California - Demographics. As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 3,694,820 people, 1,275,412 households, and 798,407 fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - History
The earliest surviving lyric poems in the Western tradition are arguably the Song of Solomon and the Psalms, but there are many fine exam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Van Ronk: Encyclopedia Ii - Dave Van Ronk - Career
Van Ronk moved from Brooklyn to Queens in 1951 and began attending Richmond Hill High School. He had been performing in a barbershop quar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M 1931 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - M 1931 Film - Links With Other Works
The film is based in part on the stories of Jack the Ripper and the Vampire of Düsseldorf. M features a "League of Beggars", a troupe th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marianne Faithfull: Encyclopedia Ii - Marianne Faithfull - Biography
Faithfull was born Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull to a British military officer father named Major Glynn Faithfull and the Baroness Ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Max Frisch: Encyclopedia Ii - Max Frisch - Life
Max Frisch was born in 1911 in Zurich; his father was an architect. He enrolled at the University of Zurich in 1930 and began studying G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Pre-war Politics 1933-1939
In the wake of the First World War and subsquent economic depression, many German voters began turning their support towards Adolf Hitler...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cemeteries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cemeteries - Canada
Province of New Brunswick: Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John - final resting place of several early Canadian statesmen including Sir Samue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Songs Whose Title Includes Dates And Times: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Songs Whose Title Includes Dates And Times - Notes
Anticipating some of the problems that have plagued similar song lists, this list will observe a few different formatting and ordering ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Germany - Cuisine Of Germany
Main articles: German cuisine, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]< ... See also:Culture of Germany, Culture of Germany - Culture of Germany i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ella At Juan-les-pins: Encyclopedia Ii - Ella At Juan-les-pins - Track Listing
For the 2002 Verve CD Reissue, 589656 Introduction (In French) 0:40 “Hello, Dolly!” (Jerry Herman) 2:06 “Day In - Day Out” (Rube...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Borderline Fictional Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Borderline Fictional Characters - Characters With Historical Exactitude Issues
List of borderline fictional characters - Antiquity and Middle Ages. Homer Lycurgus, the 9th century BC Spartan law-giver Socrates (se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - J. Edgar Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - J. Edgar Hoover - Department Of Justice And Fbi Career
Rather than enlisting for military service during World War I, he found work with the Justice Department. He soon proved himself capable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-luc Godard: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-luc Godard - Cinematic Period
The Godard canon has never been able to escape the critical desire to distinguish between, and in turn label, its visible periods. The fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Theatre - The 19th Century
After Sheridan, the next Irish dramatist of historical importance was Dion Boucicault (1820–1890). Boucicault was born in Dublin but wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hollywood Blacklist: Encyclopedia Ii - Hollywood Blacklist - Overview
The Hollywood blacklist stemmed from events dating back to the 1930s, when political ideology was being shaped by the rise of fascism abr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Poetry - The 20th Century
Irish poetry - Yeats and modernism. In the 1910s, Yeats became acquainted with the work of James Joyce, and worked closely with Ezra Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jura Soyfer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jura Soyfer - Life
Jura Soyfer was the son of the industrialist Vladimir Soyfer and his wife Lyuboc. The well-to-do Jewish family employed French- and Engli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Morrison: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Morrison - Biography
Jim Morrison - Early years. Morrison was the son of Admiral George Stephen Morrison and his wife Clara Clark Morrison, who met in Hawai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Wild: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Wild - Thief-taker General
Wild would be recognizable today as the prototype of a "media don". Just as John Gotti is reputed to have been courting the public while ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Modernism - Historical Outline
The Modernist Movement emerged in the mid-19th century in France and was rooted in the idea that "traditional" forms of art, literature, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Notable Calcuttans: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Calcuttans - The Socio-cultural Capital And Aesthetic Conscience Of India
Kolkata has been regarded since ages as the cultural capital of India. It is famous for the book-fairs every winter. The International Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Germans: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Germans - Politicians
List of Germans - Chancellors of Germany before 2nd World War. Gustav Stresemann, (1878-1929), chancellor and statesman of the Weimar ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Highwayman: Encyclopedia Ii - Highwayman - In Culture
Poet Alfred Noyes made a highwayman the subject of one of his most well-known poems, aptly named "The Highwayman", which Phil Ochs later ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karl Korsch: Encyclopedia Ii - Karl Korsch - Political Development
Korsch studied in London between 1912 and 1914, becoming a member of the Fabian Society there. At this time he also married the person wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Berlin: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Berlin - Slavic East Germany
Starting in the 6th century Slavic peoples from the east settled in the vacated area between the Elbe and Oder rivers. About 720 two Slav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Songs Containing Overt Reference To Real Musicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Songs Containing Overt Reference To Real Musicians - List
Entries are listed with the following syntax: "Song Title" by musical artist(s) most associated with song references musicians and/or ban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naturalism Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Naturalism Literature - Theater
In theater, it developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It refers to theater that tries to create a perfect illusion of reali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Döblin: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Döblin - Life
Alfred Döblin - 1878 - 1918. The family moved to Berlin in 1898, where Döblin studied medicine, first at the University of Berlin, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven Deadly Sins: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven Deadly Sins - History
The seven deadly sins were first introduced by St. Gregory the Great in Moralia in Job. The sins were derived from the eight evil thought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arnold Zweig: Encyclopedia Ii - Arnold Zweig - Life And Work
He was born in Glogau (today Glogow, Poland) as a son of a Jewish saddler. After attending a gymnasium in Kattowitz (Katowice), he made e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - V Tv Series: Encyclopedia Ii - V Tv Series - V: The Two Miniseries
Dr. Juliette “Julie” Parrish (Faye Grant). A medical student, she studies under Dr. Rudolph Metz (David Hooks) at a hospital in Los...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Augsburg - History
The city was founded in 15 BC in the reign of Roman emperor Augustus as a garrison called Augusta Vindelicorum. It was laid waste by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Encyclopedia Ii - Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny - Plot
The story is that three criminals (Leokadja Begbick, Trinity Moses and Fatty) create the city of Mahagonny. Drinking, gambling, prize-fig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Signature: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Signature - Simple And Compound Time Signatures
A time signature defines the pulse and thus establishes the "count" of a musical work. Time signatures can be "simple" or "compound". Ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theatre Technique: Encyclopedia Ii - Theatre Technique - Stage Management And Stagecraft
The stage manager has to work with the director, and ascertain whether both the director’s objectives and the perceptions of the stage ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Design: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Design - Film
In motion picture production, a Sound Designer is a member of a film crew responsible for some original aspect of the film's audio track....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarah Lawrence College: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarah Lawrence College - Campus
Situated on 41 leafy, beautiful acres in Bronxville, NY, the Sarah Lawrence College campus is built around the original manor, known as W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reinhard Heydrich: Encyclopedia Ii - Reinhard Heydrich - Occupation Role And Assassination
On September 27, 1941 Heydrich was appointed acting Reichsprotektor ('Imperial Protector', the nazi representative) in the Czech puppet-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theater Terms: Encyclopedia Ii - Theater Terms - M
Manet (manent)*: a stage direction calling for a person (more than one person) to remain on stage as others exit, corresponding to the La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosa Luxemburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosa Luxemburg - Life
Rosa Luxemburg - Poland. Rosa Luxemburg was born Rosalia Luxenburg on March 5, 1870 or 1871 in Zamość near Lublin in the then Russian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Early Life And Education
Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904 to Julius S. Oppenheimer (a wealthy textile importer who had emigrated to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Benjamin: Encyclopedia Ii - Walter Benjamin - Life And Work
Benjamin was known during his life lastly for his philosophical essays and as a critic. As a sociological and cultural critic he combined...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Theatre - Styles Of Theatre
There are a variety of genres that writers, producers and directors can employ in theatre to suit a variety of tastes: Musical theatre: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacific Palisades Los Angeles California: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacific Palisades Los Angeles California - History
Originally the home of the Inceville movie studio, the first of the many "movie ranches" used for making western films and housing a smal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Hindemith: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Hindemith - Hindemith's Music
Hindemith is seen by some as the most significant German composer of his time. His early works are in a late romantic idiom, and he later...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Pre-war Politics 1933-1939
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg after attempts by General Kurt von Schleicher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bavaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Bavaria - Miscellaneous
The many famous Bavarians include: Pope Benedict XVI -- as of April 2005 he is the current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. His baptis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karl Kraus: Encyclopedia Ii - Karl Kraus - Writing
In 1896 he left university without a diploma to begin work as an actor, stage-director and performer, joining the Jung Wien (Young Vienna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Lorre: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Lorre - Background
He was born Ladislav (László) Löwenstein into a Jewish family in Rózsahegy/Rosenberg, Austria-Hungary, now Ružomberok, Slovakia. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baal: Encyclopedia Ii - Baal - Deities Called Ba‘al And Ba‘alat
Because more than one god bore the title Ba‘al and more than one goddess bore the title Ba‘alat or Ba‘alah, it is often difficult t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1976 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1976 In Music - Events
1976 in music - January-February. January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Ang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weimar Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Culture - Notable Cultural Figures Of The Weimar Era
Weimar culture - Art. Ernst Barlach – sculptor Max Beckmann – painter, printmaker Otto Dix – painter Max Ernst – painter Conra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exile: Encyclopedia Ii - Exile - History
Exile has a long tradition as a form of punishment. It has been known in Ancient Rome, where the Roman Senate had the power to exile indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Cinema: Encyclopedia Ii - African Cinema - Film In Africa During The Colonial Era
Africa was and still is the continent of projections. Like for many African writers, e.g. Chinua Achebe, repudiating racist sterotypes an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bavaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Bavaria - Miscellaneous
There are many famous people who were born or lived in present-day Bavaria: Pope Benedict XVI -- as of April 2005 he is the current Pope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bobby Darin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bobby Darin - 'mack The Knife' Goes Mainstream 1956-1964: Musical Career
As was common with ethnic minorities at the time, he changed his Italian name and, in 1956, his agent negotiated a contract for him with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Weill: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Weill - Life And Work
After growing up in a religious Jewish family, and composing a series of works before he was 20 (A song cycle Ofrahs Lieder, a String Qua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dogville: Encyclopedia Ii - Dogville - Plot Summary
Dogville - Prologue. Dogville is a very small town in America near the Rocky Mountains, with a road leading up to it, but nowhere to go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Experimental Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Experimental Theatre - Key Figures
Experimental theatre - Writers. Antonin Artaud (Theatre of Cruelty) Bertolt Brecht (Epic Theatre) Jean Cocteau Dario Fo Experimental...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Significant People
20th century - World leaders. Africa Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia Jomo Ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marianne Faithfull: Encyclopedia Ii - Marianne Faithfull - Biography
Faithfull was born Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull to a British military officer father named Major Glynn Faithfull and the Baroness Ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marxist Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Marxist Philosophy - Marxism And Philosophy
The philosopher Étienne Balibar wrote in a 1993 introductory text that "there is no Marxist philosophy and there never will be; on the o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles California: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles California - History
The Los Angeles coastal area was occupied by the Tongva (or Gabrielinos), Chumash, and even earlier Native American peoples for thousands...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Encyclopedia Ii - Faiz Ahmed Faiz - Family
Faiz was was born in Sialkot on February 13, 1911, in the province of Punjab in what was then undivided India. His father, a barrister, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mack The Knife: Encyclopedia Ii - Mack The Knife - The Threepenny Opera
A moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels, from mori meaning "deadly" and tat meaning "deed"....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Books Of The Western World: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Books Of The Western World - The Works
Published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers topics including fiction, history, poetry, natural science, mathemat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grove Press: Encyclopedia Ii - Grove Press - History
In 1951 Barney Rosset purchased a small publishing company called Grove Press. Over the next years, he would turn it into an influential ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyrics Of Boards Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyrics Of Boards Of Canada - Boc Maxima
Bob Vila: "Sir, I--I--I notice that you've--" Man #1: "Well, it's another of these--" Bob Vila: "Right." Man #2: "That's correct." Bob V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galileo Galilei: Encyclopedia Ii - Galileo Galilei - Astronomy
Galileo Galilei - Contributions. Although the popular idea of Galileo inventing the telescope is inaccurate, he was one of the first pe...   » Read the article