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Maria Ley-Piscator (born Friederike Flora Czada, 1 August 1898 – 14 October 1999) is best known as the wife of Erwin Piscator (1893–1966), Germany's famous left-wing theater director.
Oct 25, 1999 · Maria Ley Piscator, the teacher-director and widow of the revolutionary European director, Erwin Piscator, died Oct. 14, at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the aged in Manhattan, The...
Oct 25, 1999 · Maria Ley Piscator, a theater arts teacher and director and the widow of the theatrical director Erwin Piscator, died on Oct. 14 at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged in...
Maria Ley Piscator was born on August 1, 1898 in Vienna. She began her theatrical career as a dancer in Berlin and Paris and later turned to choreography. She helped stage several productions with Max Reinhardt, including his renowned production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Maria Ley-Piscator is best known as the wife of Erwin Piscator (1893–1966), Germany's famous left-wing theater director. Born on 1 August 1898 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Maria Ley sought to create a theatrical career for herself as a dancer in Paris and Berlin.
Nov 2, 2020 · Virtual tour with Michael Lahr Political Theater in Exile: Erwin Piscator and Maria Ley-Piscator.
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In 1936 Piscator emigrated to Paris and from there to the United States in 1938. Together with his wife, director and dancer Maria Ley-Piscator, he founded the Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research in New York, and was the director from 1939 to 1951.
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