Elise Bethge-Truhn

Elise Bethge-Truhn , born in Anna Marie Elisabeth Truhn (born March 4, 1838 in Berlin , † January 12, 1889 in Lübeck ) was a German theater actress and writer .

Life

Bethge-Truhn, the daughter of the royal music director Hieronymus Truhn , who had no objection to his daughter turning to the stage, first took acting lessons from Auguste Crelinger , then from Sophie Schröder in Hamburg and stepped on stage for the first time in Stettin in 1854 . In 1855 she worked at the city theater in Riga, in 1856 at the court theater in Schwerin. In Schwerin itself she appeared on December 2, 1875 as "Britta" in the play "Karin von Schweden", which she wrote herself.

In general, she has earned a good reputation not only as a stage artist, but also as a stage writer.

Works

• Karin von Schweden , first performance on December 2, 1875 in Schwerin
• Journey through fairy tale land , first performance on December 25, 1882 at Kroll in Berlin
• The Guardian Spirits , first performance on December 20, 1886 in Lübeck
• Marlitta , first performance on January 11, 1889 in Schwerin

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 89.

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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