Besson, Benno

Benno Besson (1922 - 2006) is the theater director of L'Echo des Cités. He wrote in L'Echo des Cités about the play Princess Maleine by Maurice Maeterlinck being held in the castle of Yverdon-Les-Ombres.

He founded with Berthold Brecht the “Berliner ensemble”. The municipal theatre of Yverdon-Les-Bains bears his name.