About Paul Sepp
Lived 1885 – 1943 (aged 57). Paul Sepp was an Estonian theatre director, university teacher and director.
Paul Sepp (October 28, 1885 – February 18, 1943) was an Estonian theater and film director and theater teacher.
Early life and education Paul Sepp was born at in the former Orava Parish, In 1920, together with the publisher Peter Leoke, Sepp founded the private in Tallinn in 1921 and worked there intermittently until 1933, when the school closed due to financial difficulties. In 1924 he studied abroad in Germany.
Sepp worked as a director from 1920 to 1924 at the Estonian Drama Theater, in 1925 at the Vanemuine Theater, from 1925 to 1929 at the Estonian National Opera, from 1927 to 1928 at the , and from 1929 to 1936 at the Drama Studio Theater. From 1932 to 1940, he operated his own private theater studio, and from 1938 to 1941 he was a lecturer at the Tallinn Conservatory's National School of Performing Arts. 1935: Eesti Raamat. Pildistusi eesti kirjanduse neljasaja-aastaselt arenguteelt (The Estonian Book. Pictures from the Four-Hundred-Year Development Path of Estonian Literature), documentary
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Who was Paul Sepp?
Estonian theatre director (1885-1943)
When was Paul Sepp born?
Paul Sepp was born on 28 October 1885.
When did Paul Sepp die?
Paul Sepp died on 18 February 1943 in Tallinn.
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Paul Sepp was a theatre director, university teacher and director.
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Paul Sepp was Estonian.
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