Anton Josef Christl
Anton Josef Christl , also Anton Joseph Christl , ( April 2, 1802 in Regensburg - February 2, 1865 ) was a German theater actor , director and director .
Life
Christl, the son of the so-called "fat (Karl) Christl", a mediocre actor, made his debut on September 17, 1811 as "Otto Gundoldingen" in Arnold v. Winkelried at Basel; then moved with his father through Russia and Germany, started his first engagement in Agram at the age of 16 .
From 1819 to 1825 in various subjects as an actor and director, working for the troupe founded by his father, he took over the management after his father's death (1825), but soon gave it up again in order to do several at the theaters in Regensburg, Hanau Cities in Switzerland, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Graz as an actor and director.
The next 5 years - with the exception of a brief tour of the management in Cologne - were devoted exclusively to guest tours through Germany and Russia.
His original portrayal of comical roles such as "Zwirn", "Staberl", "Falsche Catalani", "Kappelmacher" etc. made him a welcome guest everywhere. But neither the great applause nor the position of senior director in Königsberg and technical director at the Koblenz city theater could keep him in one place for long. He moved restlessly from city to city, in 1842 even to London. 1843 director in Würzburg, he was involved in the summer theater in Dresden over the next few years, and in winter he was also the senior director of the Altenburg court theater without giving up his guest performances entirely.
Playing in 1854 in Hague and Amsterdam, 1855 in Copenhagen, 1856 in Cracow and other cities, he made a guest appearance in Germany again from 1858, and after celebrating his 50th anniversary as an artist in Hamburg, he went to Amsterdam in 1863, from there to the German theater in Paris. After returning to Germany, the aged artist got an engagement in Kempten-Lindau. There he passed out when he imagined the "Hornpipel" in Maschinenbauer . After suffering for seven days on February 2, he died at 2 a.m.
Christl thanked his successes much more for a happy disposition than careful study. In a high degree of humor, he never lacked a joking bon mot, a suitable extra stage and the number of his self-composed and composed interludes was large.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 156 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Joseph Kürschner : Christl, Anton Josef . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 221 f.
Remarks
- ^ Text largely based on ADB, Joseph Kürschner
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christl, Anton Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Christl, Anton Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor, director and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1865 |