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Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a German dramatist and poet, who aimed to destroy the suspension of disbelief usual in the theatre and to express Marxist ideas.

Short Biography:

He adapted John Gay's Beggars Opera as Die Dreigroschenoper/The Threepenny Opera in 1928, set to music by Kurt Weill.

Later plays include Mutter Courage/Mother Courage in 1941, set in the Thirty Years' War, and Der kaukasische KreidekreislThe Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1949.

As an anti-Nazi, he left Germany in read more...

Tags: dramatist, playwright, theatre director

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