Professor David Peimer
Viktor Frankl
Summary
A biographical look at the life and ideas of Viktor Frankl (1905–1997), a Holocaust survivor and psychologist whose experiences in concentration camps led him to emphasize the importance of finding meaning in life, even in the face of suffering.
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.