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Elisabeth Hauptmann (20 June 1897, Peckelsheim, Westphalia, German Empire – 20 April 1973, East Berlin) was a German writer who worked with fellow German playwright and director Bertolt Brecht. She got to know Brecht in 1922, the same year she came to Berlin.
Elisabeth Flora Charlotte Hauptmann (* 20. Juni 1897 in Peckelsheim, Kreis Warburg, Provinz Westfalen; † 20. April 1973 in Ost-Berlin) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin, Übersetzerin und Mitarbeiterin Bertolt Brechts. Sie verwendete auch die Pseudonyme Dorothy Lane, Josefine Diestelhorst und Catherine Ux.
Jun 3, 2020 · This month we shine a spotlight on Elisabeth Hauptmann, a creative force behind several of Kurt Weill’s best-known German works. Hauptmann was born on June 20, 1897 in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to an affluent physician and his German-American wife.
Hauptmann was more than simply the editor of Brecht’s works in the GDR: behind the scenes, she quietly provided inspiration and guidance to Brecht and his assistants at the Berliner Ensemble (BE), as well as to Helene Weigel as the theater’s managing director.
1897 June 20: Elisabeth Hauptmann born in Peckelsheim, Germany to a German father, the physician Dr. Clemens Hauptmann, and an American mother, aspiring pianist Josephine Diestelhorst Hauptmann. From her mother, Elisabeth learns English and receives musical training, including piano lessons.
Elisabeth Hauptmann was a German writer who worked with fellow German playwright and director Bertolt Brecht.
Elisabeth Hauptmann Elisabeth Flora Charlotte Hauptmann was born June 20, 1897 in Northrhein-Westphalia as the daughter of the physician and privy to the court, Dr. Clemens Hauptmann and his German-American wife, Josephine Diestelhorst.
