Bertolt Brecht: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
Born	February 10, 1898 • Augsburg • Germany
Died	August 14, 1956 (aged 58) • East Berlin • Germany
Founder	Berliner Ensemble
Notable Works	“A Manual of Piety” • “Baal” • “Drums in the Night” • “Herr Puntila and His Man Matti” • “Kleines Organon für das Theater” • “Mahagonny” • “Mother Courage and Her Children” • “The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar” • “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” • “The Good Woman of Setzuan” • “The Life of Galileo” • “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” • “The Threepenny Opera”
Movement / Style	Novembergruppe
Notable Family Members	spouse Helene Weigel
Subjects Of Study	alienation effect • epic theatre

In his works, Brecht criticized both the Weimar Republic and Nazism.
The Nazis revoked Brecht's citizenship.
Brecht never joined the Communist Party, despite his study of Karl Marxs writings and his sympathy for the communist cause.
His dramatic work "The Threepenny Opera" has been performed more than 10,000 times internationally.