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Otto Brahm

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Otto Brahm · Arts & Literature

What

Literary & drama critic

When

1856, Hamburg, Germany — 1912, Berlin, Germany

Where

Germany (Hamburg, Berlin)

Biography

Otto Brahm is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic

How & why

Otto Brahm (born Otto Abrahamsohn) was a German literary and drama critic and theatre director who led the Naturalist movement on the German stage, championing Ibsen, Hauptmann and Zola and founding the Freie Bühne in Berlin. Born into a Jewish family in Hamburg, he directed the Deutsches Theater and the Lessingtheater, insisting on lifelike, socially engaged staging. He is regarded as a decisive influence on modern German theatre.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics

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Literary & drama critic

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics