Professor David Peimer
Oscar Hammerstein II: A Giant of the American Musical
Summary
Stephen Sondheim said that Oscar Hammerstein II was a true “innovator” of the American musical. He gave the popular art form a maturity by creating musicals with a depth in the storytelling and characters and social awareness. In this talk we will look at his life and work and the times he lived.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.