Background
ZADEK, Peter was born on May 19, 1926 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Paul Zadek and Susi Behr.
ZADEK, Peter was born on May 19, 1926 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Paul Zadek and Susi Behr.
Directing at Old Vic, London.
Director Salome (Oscar Wilde), Sweeney Agonistes (T. South. Eliot) 1945-1952. Director with British Broadcasting Corporation-television, Wales, Director The Balcony (Jean Genet), London 1952-1957. Returned to Federation Republic of Germany, Director in Cologne, Ulm, Hanover 1958-1962, Bremen 1962-1967, Wuppertal, Stuttgart, Berlin, Munich, and television and cinema films 1967-1972.
Worked on Shakespeare cycle 1972-1977.
Directed film Die wilden Funfziger (The Wild Fifties) 1982. Directed Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Stuttgart 1983.
Directed plays Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Vienna, Paris since 1983, including The Merchant of Venice, Vienna 1989, Measure for Measure, Paris. Subject of books by Volker Canaris 1979, M. Lange 1989 and many articles
Fritz Kortner; Director 1988, Erwin Piscator.
Commander des Arts et Lettres, France 1991.