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Benno Besson (born René-Benjamin Besson; 4 November 1922 in
Benno Besson (born René-Benjamin Besson; 4 November 1922 in Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , wa ...
– 16 February 2006 in Berlin
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, Germany
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) was a Swiss actor
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and director
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. He had great success as director at Volksbühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater and Berliner Ensemble
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in East Berlin, where he went by an invitation of Bertolt Brecht in 1949.
Some of his acquainted stagings were ''The Dragon'' by Evgeny Schwartz
Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц; , Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplay ...
, so that he travelled with Deutsches Theater all-around Europe and Asia (also in Japan), and '' Der Frieden'' (Aristophanes edited by Peter Hacks
Peter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist.
Hacks was born in Breslau (Wrocław), Lower Silesia. Displaced by World War II, Hacks settled in Munich in 1947, where he made acquaintance with T ...
).
He became the Intendant at Volksbühne in the 1960s and worked often with Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller (; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdr ...
. 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
Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theatre at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, and was actress in the film ''The T ...
.
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* 1922 births 2006 deaths People from Yverdon-les-Bains Swiss male stage actors Swiss Protestants Swiss theatre directors Swiss film directors {{Switzerland-actor-stub