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Stefan Brecht
Stefan Brecht (November 3, 1924 – April 13, 2009) was a German-born American poet, critic and scholar of theatre.
Life and career.
The son of playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht and actress Helene Weigel, Stefan Brecht was born in Berlin. He chose to stay in the United States when his family, who had arrived in Santa Monica, California in 1941, returned to Europe. Brecht studied at UCLA and Harvard on the G.I. Bill, and after receiving a doctorate in
(2006).
Brecht was the US administrator of the estate of his father.
At the time of his death he was married to Rena Gill, a longtime friend whose Victoria Falls clothing store was a 1970s landmark in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.
Selected publications.
- "The Theatre of Visions: Robert Wilson" (1972)
- "Stefan Brecht: Poems" (1978)
- "Queer Theatre" (1982)
- "Bread and Puppet Theatre" (1987