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Maria Ley-Piscator

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Ley-Piscator lived at 17 East 76th Street, sometimes called the Piscator House, where Erwin and she had made a home prior to his return to Europe in the 1950s. Even after Erwin's death, Maria remained a fixture in NYC cultural circles. In 1988, encountering the 90-year-old matron of the arts at a
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building at 1014 Fifth Avenue, journalist Claudia Steinberg described Ley-Piscator as a "tiny, delicate lady in the lilac velvet suit" who "continues to philosophize in whispers about the interplay between art and life."
76:, where she met Erwin Piscator (her third husband) during his exile in 1936. After marrying in Paris, the couple moved to Manhattan in 1939, where they founded the 367: 16: 43:. Born on 1 August 1898 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), Maria Ley sought to create a theatrical career for herself as a 100: 352: 362: 205: 179: 157: 342: 347: 65: 357: 295: 263: 238: 125: 116: 104: 337: 332: 8: 73: 111: 21: 316: 302: 311: 213: 175: 153: 77: 40: 170:
Rutkoff, Peter M. 1986. "Politics on Stage. Piscator and the Dramatic Workshop."
85: 152:. New York: Heineman. Revised edition. Carbondale: Southern Illinois U P, 1970. 81: 36: 326: 217: 89: 60: 174:. Ed. Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott. New York: Macmillan. 172–195. 93: 56: 307: 96:. Ley-Piscator directed several theatrical productions off Broadway. 35:, 1 August 1898 – 14 October 1999) is best known as the wife of 290: 52: 44: 48: 172:
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Ley-Piscator died in New York in 1999 at the age of 101.
324: 99:During the 1970s she worked as a teacher at the 150:The Piscator Experiment: The Political Theatre 59:and helped in several stage productions with 206:"Maria Piscator, 101, Theater Arts Teacher" 315: 261: 72:Maria Ley also studied literature at the 39:(1893–1966), Germany's famous left-wing 15: 101:Southern Illinois University Carbondale 325: 368:French emigrants to the United States 200: 198: 196: 20:Maria Ley-Piscator (photographed by 13: 14: 379: 284: 262:Steinberg, Claudia (2021-09-30). 193: 289: 164: 236: 255: 230: 145:. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 82:New School for Social Research 1: 237:Art, Sebastian Izzard Asian. 186: 353:Austrian emigrants to France 7: 264:"Phoenixes in Fine Feather" 239:"MARCH 2004 and APRIL 2004" 148:Ley-Piscator, Maria. 1967. 141:Ley-Piscator, Maria. 1954. 10: 384: 363:University of Paris alumni 243:Sebastian Izzard Asian Art 114:portrayed her in his film 84:. Their students included 66:A Midsummer Night's Dream 135: 126:Goethe-Institut New York 124:reception at the former 343:Austrian female dancers 55:. Later, she turned to 117:Dolly, Lotte and Maria 105:Stony Brook University 33:Friederike Flora Czada 25: 298:at Wikimedia Commons 268:1014: Past and Future 19: 348:Dancers from Vienna 210:The New York Times 112:Rosa von Praunheim 29:Maria Ley-Piscator 26: 22:Franz Xaver Setzer 358:Modernist theatre 294:Media related to 78:Dramatic Workshop 375: 319: 293: 278: 277: 275: 274: 259: 253: 252: 250: 249: 234: 228: 227: 225: 224: 202: 41:theater director 383: 382: 378: 377: 376: 374: 373: 372: 323: 322: 303:Short biography 287: 282: 281: 272: 270: 260: 256: 247: 245: 235: 231: 222: 220: 204: 203: 194: 189: 167: 138: 86:Harry Belafonte 12: 11: 5: 381: 371: 370: 365: 360: 355: 350: 345: 340: 335: 321: 320: 305: 286: 285:External links 283: 280: 279: 254: 229: 212:. 1999-10-25. 191: 190: 188: 185: 184: 183: 166: 163: 162: 161: 146: 137: 134: 37:Erwin Piscator 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 380: 369: 366: 364: 361: 359: 356: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 336: 334: 331: 330: 328: 318: 313: 309: 306: 304: 301: 300: 299: 297: 292: 269: 265: 258: 244: 240: 233: 219: 215: 211: 207: 201: 199: 197: 192: 181: 180:0-684-86371-5 177: 173: 169: 168: 165:Other sources 159: 158:0-8093-0458-9 155: 151: 147: 144: 140: 139: 133: 130: 127: 121: 119: 118: 113: 108: 106: 102: 97: 95: 91: 90:Marlon Brando 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 68: 67: 62: 61:Max Reinhardt 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 23: 18: 288: 271:. Retrieved 267: 257: 246:. Retrieved 242: 232: 221:. Retrieved 209: 171: 149: 142: 131: 122: 115: 109: 98: 94:Tony Randall 71: 64: 63:, including 57:choreography 32: 28: 27: 338:1999 deaths 333:1898 births 327:Categories 273:2022-03-17 248:2022-03-16 223:2022-03-16 187:References 143:Lot's Wife 110:Filmmaker 308:Maria Ley 296:Maria Ley 218:0362-4331 120:(1987). 74:Sorbonne 103:and at 80:at the 314:  216:  178:  156:  53:Berlin 45:dancer 31:(born 136:Works 49:Paris 312:IMDb 214:ISSN 176:ISBN 154:ISBN 92:and 51:and 310:at 107:. 47:in 329:: 266:. 241:. 208:. 195:^ 88:, 69:. 276:. 251:. 226:. 182:. 160:. 24:)

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Franz Xaver Setzer
Erwin Piscator
theater director
dancer
Paris
Berlin
choreography
Max Reinhardt
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sorbonne
Dramatic Workshop
New School for Social Research
Harry Belafonte
Marlon Brando
Tony Randall
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Stony Brook University
Rosa von Praunheim
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Goethe-Institut New York
ISBN
0-8093-0458-9
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