Angelika Hurwicz

German actress and theatre director
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From left to right: Inge von Wangenheim, Mary Schneider-Braillard, Annemarie Hasse, Angelika Hurwicz, Helene Weigel und Else Reuss in 1949.

Angelika Hurwicz (22 April 1922, Berlin – 26 November 1999, Bergen) was a German actress and theatre director. She worked with Bertolt Brecht at his Berliner Ensemble company until 1958, when she moved to West Germany. Hurwicz was the first female director at the Burgtheater in 1978.[1]

Life

Hurwicz was the daughter of writer Elias Hurwicz and was of Jewish descent, which made her unable to attend drama school under the Nuremberg Laws. Instead, she trained privately with state actress Lucie Höflich.[1]

Hurwicz was a lesbian and lived with her long-term partner Gerda Goedhart; at one point, she commented on Brecht's inability to deal openly with homosexuality.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Roser, Hans-Dieter (2012), Withalm, Gloria; Spohn, Anna; Bast, Gerald (eds.), "Leben ist außerhalb der Bühne. In memoriam Angelika Hurwicz (1922–1999)", Kunst Kontext Kultur (in German), Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 237–252, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1180-2_13, ISBN 978-3-7091-1179-6, retrieved 2024-01-04
  2. ^ Giles, Steve; Livingstone, Rodney (1998). Bertolt Brecht: Centenary Essays. Rodopi. p. 255. ISBN 978-90-420-0319-4.
  3. ^ "Bloß kein falscher Dampf Sie war eine der großen Brecht-Schauspielerinnen, später Regisseurin, dann Buchautorin. Eine Reise entlang ungewöhnlicher Lebensstationen: Angelika Hurwicz". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 2000-02-04. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
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