Claus Leininger

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Claus Leininger (born January 17, 1931 in Mannheim ; † February 22, 2005 in Wiesbaden ) was a German theater director and general manager .

Career

From 1950 to 1952, Leininger completed an actor and director training course. He then worked as an actor and assistant director at the National Theater in his hometown until 1956 . From 1956 to 1960 he worked at the Deutsches Theater in Göttingen . Then he moved (until 1967) to the municipal theaters in Freiburg im Breisgau .

From 1967 to 1974 he was Erich Schumacher's senior drama director at the stages of the city of Essen and then returned to the Mannheim National Theater from 1974 to 1977 as drama director in the same position.

From 1977 to 1986, on the recommendation of Uwe Mund , Leininger was appointed general manager of the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen .

In the same position he worked from 1986 to 1994 at the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden .

Productions (selection)

  • Outside in front of the door by Wolfgang Borchert - director: Claus Leininger, Helmut Rost (TV director). With Klaus Abramowsky, Jens-Uwe Pape, Wolff Lindner, Rudolf Cornelius, Michael Enk, Rainer Pigulla, Christa Bernhardt, Werner Brunn, Wolfgang Hofmann, Ilse Anton, Eva Garg, Peter Hohberger, and others. a. Music: Alfons Nowacki . Production: Städtische Bühnen Essen, Second German Television, 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Leininger, Klaus, p. 266 f .

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personal data
SURNAME Leininger, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 2005
Place of death Wiesbaden