Emil Hahn (actor)

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Emil Hahn ( 2. March 1832 in Nuremberg - 12. December 1897 in Regensburg ) was a German theater actor , director for , guider and -intendant .

Life

Hahn, son of the singing couple Caroline and Eduard, was actually intended for the forestry subject, but he came to the stage early.

He made his debut in Stettin and was then called to Karlsruhe , where Eduard Devrient took care of him . After moving around with traveling companies for a few years, he was engaged as the first lover at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg in 1858 . From 1861 to 1862 he was chief director in Riga , from 1863 to 1870 director of the city theater in Würzburg and from 1870 to 1871 director of the Thaliatheater in Graz. After Hermann Hendrichs ' death, he leased the Victoria Theater in Berlin, which had its heyday under his ten-year management (1871–1881). At that time, items of equipment like the trip around the world or the children of Captain Grant were very successful.

From 1882 to 1883 he headed the Ostendtheater in Berlin, from 1884 to 1885 the Centraltheater in Hamburg, 1885 to 1886 the Krollsche Theater in Berlin, in 1887 he was chief director in Pressburg , 1888 to 1890 in New York and from 1891 to 1892 in Stuttgart . From 1893 to 1894 he accompanied Adelheid Bernhard's so-called Dresden Ensemble guest performances .

As an actor, he had made a name for himself in the roles of Wilhelm Tell and Hermann in Kleist's “ Die Hermannsschlacht ”. He owed them his honorary membership of the Meiningen court theater .

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SURNAME Hahn, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor, director, director and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1897
Place of death regensburg