Arthur Kutscher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Kutscher

German academic

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1878

Place of Birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 29-Aug-1960

Profession: historian, university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Arthur Kutscher (July 17, 1878 in Hannover – August 29, 1960 in Munich) was a German historian of literature and researcher in drama.
Together with Max Herrmann he can be seen as a founding father of theatre studies in Germany.
He was a professor at Munich University, where he taught a famous seminar in theatre history.
Kutscher was a friend of the iconoclastic dramatist and cabaret-star Wedekind.
His work influenced many playwrights, poets, and directors.
His students included Bertolt Brecht (studied in 1917), Erwin Piscator (studied in 1913), Peter Hacks, Hanns Johst, Klabund, and Erich Mühsam.
Brecht's first full-length play, Baal (written 1918), was written in response to an argument in one of Kutscher's drama seminars.
While Kutscher was responsible for inspiring an admiration for Wedekind in the young Brecht, he was "bitterly critical" of Brecht's own early dramatic writings.