biography
pronunciation:
[strayler]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1921–97)
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| biography:
| Theatre director, born in Trieste, NE Italy. A pioneer and figurehead in post-World War 2 theatre, he became artistic director of Milan's Piccolo Teatro, which he established with Paolo Grassi in 1947, and a leading force in the Theatre de l'Europe (a united European venture). Notable among more than 200 productions are his revisions of plays by Goldoni and Shakespeare, and his ‘dialectical’ renderings of Brecht. |
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