Carl Czechtitzki

Carl Czechtitzki ( 1759 in Trautenau , Bohemia - July 14, 1813 in Prague ) was an Austrian theater actor and playwright .

Life

Czechtitzki stepped onto the stage for the first time in Linz when he was eighteen. He made his debut as "Graf Treuberg" in the five-act tragedy of the same name, which he himself wrote.

After staying there for two years, he went to the Augsburg Theater (Directorate Rößli), where he already succeeded in attracting the attention of the audience.

On December 9, 1782, he appeared as "Hamlet" at the National Theater in Berlin and was hired. After staying on this stage for a year, he joined the Association of the Petersburg Theater on April 25, 1783, and from there he followed a call to Königsberg in 1875 (Scholz Directorate). Here the artist managed to become the darling of the audience in a very short time and it was especially the roles of "Hamlet", "Franz Moor", "Marinelli" and "Tellheim" in which he shone and attracted special attention.

In 1787 he returned to the Berlin National Theater after a successful guest performance in Hamburg. This was his last permanent engagement, because in 1795 he left the stage and preferred to "guest" in seaside resorts, at trade fairs and during the fairs.

The last guest performance worth mentioning was in Prague in 1808 ("Essex", "Hamlet", "Philipp Brock" and "Beaumarchais").

Czechtitzki, who was particularly distinguished by nature through mental and physical advantages, and must be counted among the most important actors of his time, sank from level to level in the last years of his life. In the end it was only his beautiful, captivating means and his temperament that did not let him go under. In his prime he did not shy away from being compared with Ferdinand Fleck and is said to have seen the interaction between these two artists, e.g. B. in Prague (Fleck as "Karl", Czechtitzki as "Franz") were among the most perfect art pleasures.

It is to be lamented that such an outstanding talent had to succumb to his debauchery. If he had listened to well-meaning friends in good time, his name would have remained unforgettable to our days.

Sick of body and soul, he died in Prague on July 14, 1813.

Czechtitzki was married to the actress Therese Rosenberg in their third marriage.

Works

• 1777: Count Treuberg

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 171, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

This article is based on a public domain text from Ludwig Eisenberg's Large Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the 19th Century , 1903 edition.

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