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Georg Kaiser
1878–1945
A leading voice of German Expressionist theater, his plays helped reshape the modern stage with urgency, bold ideas, and striking dramatic form. He was one of the most performed playwrights of the Weimar Republic, best known for works such as From Morn to Midnight and The Burghers of Calais.
2 Audiobooks
Von morgens bis mitternachts
by Georg Kaiser
Die Koralle: Schauspiel in fünf Akten
by Georg Kaiser
About the author
Born in Magdeburg in 1878, Georg Kaiser first trained for business and even worked abroad in Argentina before illness brought him back to Germany. During his recovery he began writing, and he went on to become one of the central dramatists of German Expressionism.
Kaiser was remarkably prolific, writing dozens of plays across his career. His breakthrough came with The Burghers of Calais, and his best-known works also include From Morn to Midnight and the Gas plays. His drama often favored intense language, moral pressure, and stylized characters over everyday realism, which gave his work a vivid, modern energy.
In the years of the Weimar Republic, he was among the most frequently staged playwrights in Germany. Later, after leaving Nazi Germany, he spent his final years in Switzerland, where he died in 1945.