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Lenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold

(Encyclopedia) Lenz, Jakob Michael ReinholdLenz, Jakob Michael Reinholdyäˈkôp mĭkhˈäĕl rīnˈhôlt lĕnts [key], 1751–92, German writer. He was a friend of Goethe, whom he first imitated, then lampooned…

Pitoëff, Georges

(Encyclopedia) Pitoëff, GeorgesPitoëff, Georgeszhôrzh pēˈtōĕf [key], 1884–1939, Russian actor-manager. Although he had both engineering and law degrees, Pitoeff was drawn to the theater. He directed…

Reinhardt, Max

(Encyclopedia) Reinhardt, Max, 1873–1943, Austrian theatrical producer and director, originally named Max Goldmann. After acting under Otto Brahm at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, he managed (1902–…

Goldfaden, Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Goldfaden, AbrahamGoldfaden, Abrahamgōldfädˈən [key], 1840–1908, Hebrew and Yiddish playwright, b. Starokonstantinov, Russia. He was the first important Yiddish playwright and a…

Breuer, Lee

(Encyclopedia) Breuer, Lee,1937-2021, American theater director, b. Philadelphia, PA, as Esser Leopold Breuer. Theatrical director and cofounder of experimental theater troupe, the Mabou Mines,…

Schildkraut, Rudolph

(Encyclopedia) Schildkraut, RudolphSchildkraut, Rudolphshĭltˈkrout [key], 1862–1930, Austrian actor. He was a member of Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater, Berlin. In 1911 he came to the United States…

Piscator, Erwin

(Encyclopedia) Piscator, ErwinPiscator, Erwinpĭskäˈtôr [key], 1893–1966, German theatrical director and producer who, with Bertolt Brecht, was the foremost exponent of epic theater, a genre that…

Comédie Française

(Encyclopedia) Comédie FrançaiseComédie Françaisekōmādēˈ fräNsĕzˈ [key] or Théâtre FrançaisComédie Françaisetāäˈtrə fräNsāˈ [key], state theater of France. Also known as La Maison de Molière, it was…

Ward, Douglas Turner

(Encyclopedia) Ward, Douglas Turner, 1930-2021, African-American actor, director, and playwright, b. Burnside, La., as Roosevelt Ward Jr. Ward’s…

Hôtel de Bourgogne

(Encyclopedia) Hôtel de BourgogneHôtel de Bourgogneōtĕlˈ də b&oobreve;rgôˈnyə [key], first theater in Paris. It was built in 1548 by the Confraternity of the Passion, the Paris actors' monopoly.…