Heinar Kipphardt (8 March 1922 – 18 November 1982) was a German writer. He came to prominence with the documentary theatre during the 1960s.[1] He is best known for In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a dramatization of the Oppenheimer security hearing.

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  1. ^ Gary Fisher Dawson (1999). Documentary Theatre in the United States: An Historical Survey and Analysis of Its Content, Form, and Stagecraft. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-313-30449-1.