Terramare, Georg eigentlich Georg Eisler von Terramare#
b. Vienna, Dec. 2, 1889, d. La Paz (Bolivia), April 4, 1948, narrative writer, dramatist and producer. From 1922 successful as director of the Viennese group of lay actors "Wiener Schottenspiele", subsequently director in Bern, Hamburg, Vienna and Opava (Czech Republic, then Troppau); 1939 emigrated from Czechoslovakia via Italy to Bolivia. Became known for his mystery plays ("Ein Spiel vom Tode, dem Antichrist und den letzten Dingen", 1922; "Ein Spiel von den letzten Dingen", 1927).
Further works#
novels, narrative stories, one-act plays and comedies.Literature#
Wie weit ist Wien. Lateinamerika als Exil fuer oe. Schriftsteller und Kuenstler, ed. by A. Douer and U. Seeber, 1995.