Claus Peymann
German theatre director and manager (1937 - 2025) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 88
Claus Peymann was a German theatre director and manager. He headed the Schauspiel Stuttgart from 1974, the Schauspielhaus Bochum from 1979, the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1986 to 1999, and the Berliner Ensemble from 1999 to 2017.
Claus Peymann is read about 83 times a day, in 13 languages.
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Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three NotesFilm, 20082006Claus Peymann Buys Himself a Pair of Trousers and Dines with MeFilm, Director2005ThadeuszSeries2002Berliner BärAwardNestroy Theatre PrizeAward1999
maybrit illnerSeries1998
Opera ballFilm, himself1997Im DialogSeries1995Theaterpreis BerlinAward1991Kainz MedalAward
Boulevard BioSeries, 19911989
HeldenplatzFilm, Director1987live - die ZDF-talkshowSeriesRitter, Dene, VossFilm, 1987Director1984The Battle of HermannFilm, Director1977MinettiFilm, Director1974
The Hunting PartyFilm, Director1972The Ignoramus and the MadmanFilm, Director1970Sonntags am MeerFilm, Director1969KasparFilm, Director1968Meine Mutter macht Mist mit mirFilm, Director1966Offending the AudienceFilm, Director1965aspekteSeries1963
Zur PersonSeries1937Born7 June 1937People around Claus
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In all positions, he focused on world premieres of plays and invited new directors, often causing controversy. He produced Handke's Publikumsbeschimpfung in 1966 and Bernhard's Heldenplatz in 1988, many more by these two authors, and also plays by Peter Turrini and Elfriede Jelinek. He collaborated with actors who followed him when he moved to a different post, such as Gert Voss and Traugott Buhre. Peymann was regarded as an already legendary figure in German theatre during his lifetime.
