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piscator

[pi-skey-ter, pis-kuh-] / pɪˈskeɪ tər, ˈpɪs kə- /
NOUN
fisherman
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In Berlin, along with the German director Erwin Piscator, Brecht created what became known as “epic theater,” or “dialectical theater,” which asked audiences to confront sociopolitical issues rather than suspend disbelief and be swept away.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Back in New York, he enrolled in acting classes in the workshop headed by Erwin Piscator at the New School for Social Research, where one of his colleagues was another Seward alumnus, Walter Matthau.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2010

Ms. Stritch took an overnight train to New York, studied with director and producer Erwin Piscator at the New School for Social Research and began to win roles in off-Broadway productions.

From Washington Post

Doctor Piscator was a dangerous man to call in because he stayed so long.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, Mr. Piscator, let’s go and see it! let’s go and see it!

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord




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