Iwo Gall Explained

Iwo Gall (born 1 April 1890 in Krakow; died 12 February 1959) was a Polish theater director, stage designer and pedagogue.[1] [2] [3]

Biography

He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, then studied in Berlin and Vienna, where during World War I he worked with the Polish theater. After the war he worked at the Teatrze im. Juliusza Słowackiego w Krakowie, and then collaborated with Juliusz Osterwa's "Reduta " (mainly as a stage designer). He was the director of the Chamber Theater in Czestochowa (1932-1935). During the Nazi occupation he ran a secret drama studio, which was functioning until the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising and from April 1945 resumed operations in Cracow.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbara Krafftówna: Żywy eksponat?. www.e-teatr.pl. 2017-11-15.
  2. News: Iwo Gall Twórca Culture.pl. Culture.pl. 2017-11-15. pl.
  3. Book: Braun, Kazimierz. A History of Polish Theater, 1939-1989: Spheres of Captivity and Freedom. 1996. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313297731. en.