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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."
87:, 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 27: 378: 111: 363: 373: 190: 168: 54:. Born on 1 August 1898 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), Maria Ley sought to create a theatrical career for herself as a 353: 358: 76: 216: 368: 136: 127: 115: 306: 274: 249: 348: 343: 84: 122: 32: 322: 224: 186: 164: 88: 51: 96: 92: 47: 327: 313: 337: 100: 71: 104: 67: 17: 181:
Rutkoff, Peter M. 1986. "Politics on Stage. Piscator and the Dramatic Workshop."
163:. New York: Heineman. Revised edition. Carbondale: Southern Illinois U P, 1970. 228: 185:. Ed. Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott. New York: Macmillan. 172–195. 301: 318: 107:. Ley-Piscator directed several theatrical productions off Broadway. 63: 55: 59: 26: 46:, 1 August 1898 – 14 October 1999) is best known as the wife of 183:
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Ley-Piscator died in New York in 1999 at the age of 101.
110:During the 1970s she worked as a teacher at the 161:The Piscator Experiment: The Political Theatre 70:and helped in several stage productions with 8: 217:"Maria Piscator, 101, Theater Arts Teacher" 326: 83:Maria Ley also studied literature at the 50:(1893–1966), Germany's famous left-wing 203: 112:Southern Illinois University Carbondale 379:French emigrants to the United States 7: 211: 209: 207: 31:Maria Ley-Piscator (photographed by 25: 273:Steinberg, Claudia (2021-09-30). 300: 156:. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 93:New School for Social Research 1: 248:Art, Sebastian Izzard Asian. 364:Austrian emigrants to France 275:"Phoenixes in Fine Feather" 250:"MARCH 2004 and APRIL 2004" 159:Ley-Piscator, Maria. 1967. 152:Ley-Piscator, Maria. 1954. 395: 374:University of Paris alumni 254:Sebastian Izzard Asian Art 125:portrayed her in his film 95:. Their students included 77:A Midsummer Night's Dream 137:Goethe-Institut New York 135:reception at the former 354:Austrian female dancers 66:. Later, she turned to 128:Dolly, Lotte and Maria 116:Stony Brook University 44:Friederike Flora Czada 36: 309:at Wikimedia Commons 279:1014: Past and Future 30: 359:Dancers from Vienna 221:The New York Times 123:Rosa von Praunheim 40:Maria Ley-Piscator 37: 33:Franz Xaver Setzer 18:Maria Ley Piscator 369:Modernist theatre 305:Media related to 89:Dramatic Workshop 16:(Redirected from 386: 330: 304: 289: 288: 286: 285: 270: 264: 263: 261: 260: 245: 239: 238: 236: 235: 213: 52:theater director 21: 394: 393: 389: 388: 387: 385: 384: 383: 334: 333: 314:Short biography 298: 293: 292: 283: 281: 272: 271: 267: 258: 256: 247: 246: 242: 233: 231: 215: 214: 205: 200: 178: 149: 97:Harry Belafonte 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 392: 390: 382: 381: 376: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 346: 336: 335: 332: 331: 316: 297: 296:External links 294: 291: 290: 265: 240: 223:. 1999-10-25. 202: 201: 199: 196: 195: 194: 177: 174: 173: 172: 157: 148: 145: 48:Erwin Piscator 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 391: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 345: 342: 341: 339: 329: 324: 320: 317: 315: 312: 311: 310: 308: 303: 295: 280: 276: 269: 266: 255: 251: 244: 241: 230: 226: 222: 218: 212: 210: 208: 204: 197: 192: 191:0-684-86371-5 188: 184: 180: 179: 176:Other sources 175: 170: 169:0-8093-0458-9 166: 162: 158: 155: 151: 150: 146: 144: 141: 138: 132: 130: 129: 124: 119: 117: 113: 108: 106: 102: 101:Marlon Brando 98: 94: 90: 86: 81: 79: 78: 73: 72:Max Reinhardt 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 34: 29: 19: 299: 282:. Retrieved 278: 268: 257:. Retrieved 253: 243: 232:. Retrieved 220: 182: 160: 153: 142: 133: 126: 120: 109: 105:Tony Randall 82: 75: 74:, including 68:choreography 43: 39: 38: 349:1999 deaths 344:1898 births 338:Categories 284:2022-03-17 259:2022-03-16 234:2022-03-16 198:References 154:Lot's Wife 121:Filmmaker 319:Maria Ley 307:Maria Ley 229:0362-4331 131:(1987). 85:Sorbonne 114:and at 91:at the 325:  227:  189:  167:  64:Berlin 56:dancer 42:(born 147:Works 60:Paris 323:IMDb 225:ISSN 187:ISBN 165:ISBN 103:and 62:and 321:at 118:. 58:in 340:: 277:. 252:. 219:. 206:^ 99:, 80:. 287:. 262:. 237:. 193:. 171:. 35:) 20:)

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Maria Ley Piscator

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
ISBN
0-684-86371-5



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