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* {{cite web | last=Zander | first=Peter | title=Gruppenbild mit Hase | website=Berliner Morgenpost | date=13 December 2018 | url=https://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/article216002311/Gruppenbild-mit-Hase.html | access-date=28 March 2022}} |
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* {{cite web | last=Green | first=John | title=Obituary: Benno Besson | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=4 April 2006 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/04/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries | access-date=28 March 2022}} |
* {{cite web | last=Green | first=John | title=Obituary: Benno Besson | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=4 April 2006 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/04/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries | access-date=28 March 2022}} |
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Benno Besson (born René-Benjamin Besson; 4 November 1922 in Yverdon-les-Bains; died 16 February 2006 in Berlin, Germany) was a Swiss actor and director. He had great success as director at Volksbühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater and Berliner Ensemble in East-Berlin, where he went by an invitation of Bertolt Brecht in 1949.[1]
Some of his acquainted stagings were "The Dragon" by Evgeny Schwartz, so that he travelled with Deutsches Theater all-around Europe and Asia (also in Japan), and "Der Frieden" (Aristophanes edited by Peter Hacks).[2] He became the Intendant at Volksbühne in the 1960s and worked often with Heiner Müller. In his plays, he worked amongst others with the popular actors Fred Düren, Eberhard Esche and Ursula Karusseit. He had six children, including actress Katharina Thalbach.[1]
References
- ^ a b Seifert, Sabine (19 May 1992). "Genug ist nicht weniger genug". taz.de (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Benno Besson". Alexander Verlag Berlin (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
Further reading
- Zander, Peter (13 December 2018). "Gruppenbild mit Hase". Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- Green, John (4 April 2006). "Obituary: Benno Besson". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
External links
- Benno Besson at IMDb