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Martin Sperr (14 September 1944 – 6 April 2002) was a German
dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
and
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...
. He was born in Steinberg near
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and died in Landshut.


Awards and honors

*1978
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis ("dramatist award of Mülheim"), founded in 1976, is one of the leading theater awards in Germany. It is awarded by an open jury of theater professionals, critics and playwrights who watch a short list of productions du ...


Works

* 1965 * 1967 ''Landshuter Erzählungen'' * 1970 ''Koralle Meier'' * 1970 ''Herr Bertolt Brecht sagt. Bei Brecht gelesen und für Kinder und andere Leute ausgesucht'' (with Monika Sperr) * 1971 ''Münchner Freiheit'' * 1971 ''Die Kunst der Zähmung'' (adapted from
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's ''
The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'') * 1977 ''Die Spitzeder'' * 1979 ''Willst du Giraffen ohrfeigen, mußt du ihr Niveau haben'' (poems and drawings)


Filmography

* 1969: '' Hunting Scenes from Bavaria'' (dir.
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) * 1970: ''
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'' (dir.
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) * 1972: ' (dir.
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) * 1981–1983: ''
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'' (TV series)


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sperr, Martin 1944 births 2002 deaths People from Dingolfing-Landau German male stage actors German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German male writers