Caspar Neher

Caspar Neher (born Rudolf Ludwig Caspar Neher, 11 April 1897 in Augsburg; died 30 June 1962 in Wien) was a Austrian-German scenographer known principally for his career-long working relationship with Bertolt Brecht. They were school friends (Neher in the year above Brecht) who were separated for a time by the first world war, during which Neher was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class (on 2 February 1918). In 1923 Neher married Erika Tomquist.

cenographic work

(All plays by Bertolt Brecht unless otherwise stated.)
* 1923. "In the Jungle" at the Residenztheater in Munich
* 1924. "" at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin
* 1924. "The Life of Edward II of England" at the Munich Kammerspiele
* 1925. "Coriolanus" by William Shakespeare at the Lessingtheater in Berlin; dir. Erich EngelWillett (1967, 145-146).]
* 1926. "Baal" at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin
* 1926. "Man Equals Man" at the Landestheater in Darmstadt
* 1927. "The Little Mahagonny" at the Deutsche Kammermusik festival at Baden-Baden
* 1929. "Pioneers in Ingolstadt" by Marieluise Fleißer at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin.

Works cited

* Sacks, Glendyr. 1994. "A Brecht Calendar." In "The Cambridge Companion to Brecht". Ed. Peter Thomson and Glendyr Sacks. Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521414466. p.xvii-xxvii.
* Willett, John. 1967. "The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects." Third rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1977. ISBN 041334360X.

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