Diedrich Diederichsen (theater scholar)

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Diedrich Diederichsen (born July 6, 1921 in Hamburg ; † December 4, 2009 there ) was a German theater scholar .

Life

Diederichsen studied literature and theater studies, philosophy and psychology at the University of Hamburg . In 1952 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctoral thesis on Shakespeare and the German fairy tale drama . From 1953 he taught theater studies at the University of Hamburg. From 1953 to 1986 he was head of the theater collection of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Diederichsen published on Hamburg's theater history and wrote, among other things, in Kürschner's biographical theater manual.

His sons are the cultural scientist Diedrich Diederichsen and the journalist and musician Detlef Diederichsen .

Publications (selection)

  • Shakespeare and the German fairy tale drama , Hamburg 1952. (Dissertation)
  • with Bärbel Rudin (ed.): Lessing in the mirror of theater criticism, 1945–1979. Society for Theater History, Berlin 1980.
  • The Hamburg Thalia Theater: for its 140th birthday on November 9, 1983. Hamburg. Landesbank, Hamburg 1983.
  • Hamburg theatrical history reflected in theater slips and posters. Graphic Design Studio, Hamburg 1988.
  • Berend, Alice. In: New German Biography . Volume 2, 1955, p. 69.
  • Stay true, Carl. In: New German Biography. Volume 2, 1955, p. 298.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gravestones: Cemetery Hamburg-Ohlsdorf 0012. Accessed March 31, 2019 .
  2. ^ Diedrich Diederichsen curriculum vitae in: Book and Library, Volume 26, 1974, p. 917.
  3. ↑ Diederichsen, Diedrich. In: Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (eds.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 237.
personal data
SURNAME Diederichsen, Diedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater scholar
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 2009
Place of death Hamburg