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Charles Brauer Celebrates 90th Birthday With New Stage Roles and Sharp Critique of Tatort

Based near Basel with his family, Brauer continues to record bestsellers for audio, headline German theater productions.

Manfred Krug und Charles Brauer
Charles Brauer
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Overview

  • After a summer break, he returns this autumn with a series of literature evenings featuring readings and music
  • In November he headlines the two-person play "Dienstags bei Morrie" at Hamburg’s Ernst-Deutsch-Theater He recently recorded John Grisham’s latest novel "Die Legende" as a German audiobook and remains an in-demand narrator
  • In a t-online interview he warned that Tatort’s expanding episode output has become “inflationary” and argued that strict casting requirements undermine artistic freedom
  • Residing near Basel, Brauer holds Swiss citizenship and lives with his wife Lilot Hegi and their son while staying active in German-speaking cultural life