Theodor Döring (actor)

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Theodor Döring

Theodor Döring , actually Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Hering , (born January 9, 1803 in Warsaw , † August 17, 1878 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

Life

Theodor Döring was the son of a Prussian salt inspector in Warsaw and moved with his family to Prenzlau in 1807 . In Berlin he attended the Joachimsthal grammar school and began a commercial apprenticeship. He first played as an amateur actor in the Urania lover's theater , but then broke off his apprenticeship and initially traveled through Germany as a traveling actor with stations in Bromberg, Mainz, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Hamburg and Stuttgart.

From 1836 he worked in Hamburg and in 1838 he succeeded Karl Seydelmann in Stuttgart. In 1843 he moved to Hanover, where he received a lifelong contract at the Hofbühne . However, he succeeded in dissolving this contract when he was appointed to the court theater in Berlin in 1845, again as Seydelmann's successor .

Döring had been the bearer of the Iffland Ring since 1872 . Döringstraße in Berlin-Friedrichshain and Döringstraße in Stuttgart are named after him.

Döring was married to Soubrette Auguste Sutorius from 1883 , his sister-in-law was her sister Caroline Döring and his brother-in-law Jean Baptist Baison .

He trained Richard John to be an actor.

Death and grave

Grave monument for Theodor Döring in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Theodor Döring had his last stage appearance on June 15, 1878, when he played Attinghausen in a production of Friedrich Schiller's Wilhelm Tell at the Berlin Court Theater. After the end of the theater season, he sought recovery from a stomach ailment in Homburg vor der Höhe , but from there he returned to the Spree, still ailing. Theodor Döring died eight days later, on the night of August 17, 1878, at the age of 75 in Berlin.

The funeral service, led by Gustav Lisco , took place on August 20, 1878 in the deceased's apartment on Leipziger Strasse . Friedrich Haase , Minona Frieb-Blumauer and Karl Gustav Berndal were among the actors present . The coffin was then led in a large funeral procession to Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Churches in front of the Hallesches Tor , where the burial took place. Arthur Deetz spoke the words of mourning at the grave .

The preserved grave monument, made by the Vanelli company, is a tall, narrow obelisk, the upper part of which is worked as a covering theater curtain. An ivy-covered burial mound and a post-chain connection surrounding the burial site no longer exist.

literature

Web links

Commons : Theodor Döring  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The curtain has fallen. Theodor Döring's tomb . Short biography of Döring and description of the grave monument on the website "Berliner Grabmale Retten" of the Landesdenkmalamt Berlin; accessed on March 31, 2019.
  2. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung , August 24, 1878, p. 3482.
  3. ^ Theodor Döring's funeral . In: Berliner Tageblatt , August 21, 1878, p. 3.
  4. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 241. The curtain has fallen. Theodor Döring's tomb . Short biography of Döring and description of the grave monument on the website "Berliner Grabmale Retten" of the Landesdenkmalamt Berlin; accessed on March 31, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Döring, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hering, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1878
Place of death Berlin