Peter Stein

Born: 1937-10-01

Peter Stein (born October 1, 1937) is a critically acclaimed German theatre and opera director who established himself at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, a company that he brought to the forefront of German theatre.[1] Born in Berlin, Stein grew up in an era defined by the Nazis. His father Herbert Stein was factory director of Alfred Teves, a motorcycle manufacturing firm that the Nazi regime employed to make automotive parts. Herbert was in charge of 250,000 forced laborers. He was also involved in the Confessing Church, a resistance group.


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Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

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First aired: 2002-04-06

"The Century of the Theater" - From the "birth of the director" to the "heroes of modernity" -...

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