Despite its relatively brief existence between 1927 and 1931, the Piscator Stage became the paradigm of avant-garde political theatre in the Weimar Republic. Since the end of the First World War, Jewish artists were involved in modernist theatrical forms, which became increasingly politicized from the mid-1920s. Through their theatrical work, they advo…
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Hofmann, Stefan, “Piscator Stage”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 02 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0634>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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