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]

2024年12月13日 · Erwin Piscator was a theatrical producer and director famed for his ingenious Expressionistic staging techniques. He was the originator of the epic theatre style later developed by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht.

Erwin Piscator was born on 17 December 1893 in Ulm, Greifenstein, Hesse, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964), Vosstaniye rybakov (1934) and Hoppla, wir leben!

Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) was a famous German stage director known for his expressionistic staging techniques and the theatre style of “epic theatre.” Piscator first trained as an actor at the Konig School of Dramatic Art.

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.

Theatre - The influence of Piscator: The great German theatrical director Erwin Piscator trained as an actor and began his professional career during World War I, running an entertainment theatre for fellow soldiers in Belgium.

In 1920s Berlin, Erwin Piscator developed bold new theatrical methods to transmit political messages. Celebrated for innovating the epic theatre style, he employed expansive visual imagery and theatrical machinery to magnify the clash of social forces in revolutionary times in order to appeal strongly to the German working class.