Barnowsky, Viktor — (Isidor Abrahamowsky, 1875 1952) Director, manager. Barnowsky became an important producer in Berlin during the 1920s. He was sometimes considered an alternative to Max Reinhardt because of his emphasis on modern plays. What made Barnowsky… … Historical dictionary of German Theatre
Barnowsky — Barnọwsky, Viktor, Theaterleiter und Regisseur, * Berlin 10. 9. 1875, ✝ New York 9. 8. 1952; leitete in Berlin von 1905 bis zu seiner Emigration 1933 u. a. das Kleine Theater, das Lessingtheater (1913 24), das Theater in der Königgrätzer… … Universal-Lexikon
Goetz, Curt — (Kurt Götz, 1888 1960) Playwright, actor. In the 1920s Goetz became known as the German Noël Coward by virtue of his translations and subsequent imitations of the English boule vardier. He got his first acting job in Rostock, and in 1910… … Historical dictionary of German Theatre
Renate Müller — (1934) Renate Müller (* 26. April 1906 in München; † 7. Oktober 1937 in Berlin) war eine deutsche Sängerin und Schauspielerin. Sie spielte sowohl in Stummfilmen und Tonfilmen, als auch auf der Bühne … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chronology — 970 980 Roswitha of Gandersheim writes six comedies in Latin at the Brunshausen Cloister, near Braunschweig. 1185 1240 Neidhart von Reuental s poems presumably become the basis for several Neidhartspiele, comic interludes in Middle High German… … Historical dictionary of German Theatre
Bibliography — Published material on the German theater is both extensive and, as Prof. Simon Williams, one of the great historians of the German theater, once noted, it is dauntingly vast. No bibliography as part of a volume such as this could even… … Historical dictionary of German Theatre
Aribert Wäscher — Horst Caspar als Beaumarchais (links) und Aribert Wäscher als Louis XVI. (rechts), Deutsches Theater 1946 Aribert Wäscher (* 1. Dezember 1895 in Flensburg; † 14. Dezember 1961 in Berlin; eigentlich Robert Ernst Wilhelm Wäscher) war ein deutscher… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Berstl, Julius — (Gordon Mitchell, pseud., 1893 1975) Playwright, dramaturg. Berstl began working as a dramaturg in the Wilhelmine period, first at the Kleines Theater in Berlin (1909 1913), then at the Lessing. After military service, Berstl worked for Viktor … Historical dictionary of German Theatre
Censorship — The Gottsched Neuber reforms of the 1730s had firmly established in both the public and the aristocratic consciousness that theater was a moral institution with responsibilities for Bildung (a term meaning cultural education and refinement).… … Historical dictionary of German Theatre
Thoma, Ludwig — (1867 1921) Playwright. Thoma was a Munich lawyer who both as a playwright and as an editor of the weekly satirical magazine Simplicissimus drew the ire of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Prussian establishment throughout his career. He wrote novels … Historical dictionary of German Theatre
