Adolph L'Arronge

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Adolph L'Arronge

Adolph L'Arronge ( Adolf Aaronsohn ; born March 8, 1838 in Hamburg , † May 24, 1908 in Kreuzlingen ) was a German playwright , theater director , theater critic and conductor .

Live and act

Adolph L'Arronge was a son of the actor and theater director Theodor Everhart L'Arronge and his wife Hedwig Sury. He studied music at the Leipzig Conservatory and worked as a theater conductor a. a. in Cologne, Königsberg, Würzburg and Stuttgart. In 1866 he became head of the Kroll Opera House in Berlin . At the same time he created his first works as a playwright. From 1869 to 1872 he was the theater editor of the Berlin court newspaper . From 1874 to 1878 he ran the Lobe Theater in Breslau . In 1881 he bought the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische Theater in Berlin, which he operated as a German theater from 1883 after a two-year renovation period .

With the concept of mixing popular folk plays with demanding classics, he led the theater to success and earned the reputation of being the most successful theater director and playwright of the Wilhelminian era . In 1894 he leased the house to Otto Brahm , and in 1905 it was taken over by Max Reinhardt .

As a writer, L'Arronge wrote mostly comedies in collaboration with various co-authors. In the course of time, his style changed from simple antics to biting social criticism, which he knew how to package as light fare.

L'Arronge lived in Potsdam-Babelsberg from 1878 . The actress Andrea L'Arronge is his great-granddaughter.

Death and grave

Grave of Adolph L'Arronge in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Adolph L'Arronge celebrated his 70th birthday in March 1908. At the numerous celebrations that were held in Berlin in his honor, he appeared to be in excellent health. During a visit to his daughter in Wroclaw, however, L'Arronge fell ill with the flu shortly afterwards, which was quickly accompanied by other complaints. His health was so bad that he was taken to the Binswanger sanatorium in Kreuzlingen on Lake Constance . There he seemed to be on the mend, but then died of heart failure on the evening of May 24, 1908 in the presence of his wife and their son.

The burial took place with great public participation on Ascension Day, May 28, 1908, in Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Churches in front of the Hallesches Tor in Berlin. Theodor Krummacher headed the funeral service, which was attended by Max Pohl , Else Lehmann and Paul Lindau , among others .

The surviving grave monument for Adolph L'Arronge is a polished granite boulder in which a relief portrait of the deceased is set, a work by Gustav Schmidt-Cassel .

Works

  • The great lot. Posse with singing in 3 acts and a prelude, called "Fortuna's birthday". Boll, Berlin 1866 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A00057365~SZ%3D~double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
  • Bock brothers. Comical picture of life with singing in 3 acts, with partial use of J. Rosen's material. Bittner, Berlin 1868.
  • The top queen. Original life picture in 3 acts and 5 pictures. Roeder, Berlin 1872 (with Hugo Müller ).
  • Die Kläffer (with Heinrich Wilken ).
  • The registrar on the move. Posse with singing in 3 acts (with Gustav von Moser ; digitized of the manuscript in the Google book search).
  • The white cat.
  • Papa allowed it. Schwank with singing in 1 act. Bittner, Berlin 1872 (with Gustav von Moser).
  • My Leopold. Original folk piece with singing in 3 acts and 6 pictures. Wallisshauser, Vienna 1876. ( online  - Internet Archive ; filmed in 1913 directed by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers and 1931 directed by Hans Steinhoff ).
  • Everyday life. Volksstück (1874)
  • Hasemann's daughters. Folk piece in 4 acts. Bloch, Berlin 1877.
  • Doctor Klaus. Comedy in 5 acts. Bloch, Berlin 1879.
  • The night of the benevolent ladies. Comedy (with Gustav Sperch , 1879). New edition: Verlag Deutscher stage writers and stage composers, Norderstedt 1985.
  • House Lonei. A comedy in 4 acts. Boll, Berlin 1880 ( digitized version ).
  • The partner. Comedy in four acts. Bloch, Berlin 1879.
  • The carefree. Comedy in 3 acts. Bloch, Berlin 1882.
  • The Cricket (1883)
  • The way to the heart. Comedy in 4 acts. Bloch, Berlin 1885.
  • The Lorelei. , Tragedy (1886)
  • When Erna dreams. Cheerful folk piece in 3 acts. New edition: Verlag Deutscher stage writers and stage composers, Norderstedt 1985 (with Gustav Sperch).

literature

Web links

Commons : Adolph L'Arronge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Adolph L'Arronge † . In: Berliner Tageblatt , May 25, 1908, evening edition, p. 1.
  2. ^ The funeral of Adolph L'Arronges . In: Berliner Tageblatt , May 29, 1908, morning edition, p. 3.
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 244.
personal data
SURNAME L'Arronge, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES L'Arronge, Adolf; L'Arronge, Adolphe; Aaronsohn, Adolf (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German playwright, theater director, theater critic and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1908
Place of death Kreuzlingen