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Oscar Lewenstein
Born in Hackney to Russian Jewish emigres, Oscar Lewenstein grew up in the seaside town of Hove but returned to London at age 14 when the family business failed. Embracing Marxism, he found work at the Workers' Bookshop after leaving school and later, championing the plays of Bertolt Brecht, was instrumental in bringing "Mother Courage" to the Stratford East and Devon Festival before producing "The Threepenny Opera," with Peter O'Toole, and "Saint Joan Of the Stockyards," directed by Tony Richardson.