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(1898-1956) Poet, playwright, lyricist. Bertoldt Brecht stayed in Manhattan, New York while in exile from Germany. He was the father of the theater historian Stefan Brecht.

Full Name

Bertoldt Brecht

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1898

BIRTH

Bertoldt Brecht was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1898.

1923

LITWORK

Trommeln in der Nacht


Five-act play.

1928

LITWORK

The Three-Penny Opera


Musical play.

1929

LITWORK

Happy End


Musical.

1929

LITWORK

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny)


Opera.

1930

LITWORK

Das Jasager


Opera.

1932

LITWORK

Mutter, Die


Play.

1941

RESIDENCE

Brecht stayed in Manhattan, New York while in exile from Germany.

1941

LITWORK

Mother Courage (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder)


Play.

1943

LITWORK

Leben des Galilei


Play.

1943

LITWORK

The Good Woman of Setzuan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan)


Play.

1948

LITWORK

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Der kaukasische Kreidekreis)


Play.

1956

DEATH

Bertoldt Brecht died in East Berlin, Germany in 1956.

1956

INTERMENT

Bertoldt Brecht is interred at Dorotheenst��d and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Germany.

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