Julius Gellner
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Julius Gellner was one of the most famous German-speaking theatre directors
of the 20's of the 20th century. Between 1924 and 1933 he was superintendent (Oberspielleiter) and vice-Director of the Munich
theater "Münchner Kammerspiele im Schauspielhaus
". He was the uncle of the British philosopher and social scientist Ernest Gellner
.
Theatre direction
A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production by unifying various endeavours and aspects of production...
of the 20's of the 20th century. Between 1924 and 1933 he was superintendent (Oberspielleiter) and vice-Director of the Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
theater "Münchner Kammerspiele im Schauspielhaus
Munich Kammerspiele
The Munich Kammerspiele is a successful German language theatre in Munich. The Schauspielhaus in the Maximilianstrasse is the major stage.-History:...
". He was the uncle of the British philosopher and social scientist Ernest Gellner
Ernest Gellner
Ernest André Gellner was a philosopher and social anthropologist, described by The Daily Telegraph when he died as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals and by The Independent as a "one-man crusade for critical rationalism."His first book, Words and Things —famously, and uniquely...
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