The New York Times

Benno Besson, 83, Director of Plays and Brecht Disciple, Is Dead

Benno Besson, a disciple of Bertolt Brecht who became one of the most admired stage directors in Europe, died on Feb. 16 in a Berlin hospital. He was 83. Mr. Besson died after a long illness, said one ...
The Guardian

Benno Besson

In 1961 the Swiss theatre director Benno Besson, who has died aged 83 after a long illness, took up an offer from Wolfgang Langhof to join the Deutsches Theater ensemble in East Berlin. His ...
Moviefone

Brecht Dialog

For the 70th anniversary of Bertolt Brecht’s birth, international Brecht experts, including directors Giorgio Strehler, Benno Besson and Juri Ljubimov, got together for a one-week Brecht Dialog at the ...