Peter Zadek

Peter Zadek was a German theatre and film director, play translator and screenwriter and is regarded as one of the greatest directors in Germanspeaking theater. He was the head of the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum , the head of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg and the Berliner Ensemble from 1992 to 1996. He was chosen Director of the year by Theater Heute magazine on numerous occasions.

Peter Zadek was born onMay 1926 to a Jewish family in Berlin. In 1934, he emigrated with his family to London where he later studied at Old Vic theatre, after a year at Oxford University.

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