<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UMayer wayeneminyaka engu-19 kuphela lapho enza i-debut yakhe yaseshashalazini, edlala indima ka-Lucy, indodakazi kaNdunankulu wamaphoyisa, emdlalweni kaLeopold Jessner othi The Threepenny Opera eChemnitz. Ngemuva kwalokho waba nomsebenzi ophumelelayo waseshashalazini phakathi kuka-1930 no-1935. Amadodana akhe noPeter bazalwa ngo-1937 nango-1940: wathatha ikhefu emsebenzini wakhe waseshashalazini kwaze kwaba ngo-1945. Imithombo ayisho lutho ngoMnu. Schroth, uyise wabafana. Ngemva kokuba uLotte Meyer ebuyele esiteji ngo  <response>: Ngo-1945, amadodana akhe amabili ahlanganyela indlela yokuphila yaseshashalazini kanina njengoba ayekhula. 