Lenny Bruce Lenny Bruce Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in the history of New York state, by then-Governor George Pataki in 2003. Bruce is renowned for paving the way for future outspoken counterculture-era comedians, and his trial for obscenity is seen as a landmark for
Jörg Schneider adaption of Václav Havel's "Alert". In 1993/94 schneider toured again as "Zettel" (Nick Bottom ) and as the fool in the "Twelfth Night" on occasion of various open-air performances in Switzerland, and in 1999 the title role in a dialect edition of Miller's "Death of a Salesman" on stage at the Theater des Kantons Zürich. Beside the stage, Jörg Schneider also is very popular in the German speaking area by his "Kasperle", "Pumuckl" and fairytale-radio plays records. The "Chasperli" (Swiss German for "Kasperle") radio plays by Jörg Schneider – once again, many of the records in co-operation with Paul Bühlmann