Gerhard Ebert


Gerhard Ebert is a German journalist, theatre scholar, theatre critic, and dramaturge.

Life

After getting his Abitur and completing an apprenticeship as a typesetter, Ebert began theatre studies at the German Theatre Institute in Weimar in 1951. From 1955 to 1961, he was theatre editor at the weekly Sonntag. Afterwards, he worked as a senior assistant at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" until 1963. Following this, he was deputy director at the Staatliche Schauspielschule Berlin until 1981. With its transformation into the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1981, Ebert became associate professor there and was also first prorector there from 1981 to 1988. He taught theory and history of theatre until 1992.
In 1977, Ebert was awarded a doctorate in physics from the Humboldt University of Berlin. His dissertation was titled Improvisation as an element of the basic methodological training of actors.

Publications

Improvisation und Schauspielkunst. Über die Kreativität des Schauspielers., Berlin 1979,.Schauspielen – Handbuch der Schauspieler-Ausbildung. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1981,.Schauspieler werden in Berlin. Von Max Reinhardts Schauspielschule zur Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch. Berlin-Information, Berlin 1987,.Der Schauspieler. Geschichte eines Berufes. Ein Abriss. Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1991,.ABC des Schauspielens. Talent erkennen und entwickeln. Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 2004,.Das utopische Theater, E-Book, 2014,

Theatre reviews

Sonntag 1955–1964Theater der Zeit 1975–1979Junge Welt 1979–1984Neues Deutschland 1984–2002

Theatre plays

Der wilde Mann Lust mit Liebe Blutgeld Der WeltknotenNämlich verheiratetFlaggenwechselDie SerapionsbrüderAxel im Hexenkessel
  • ''Die Frösch''