Ernst Bornstedt
Ernst Bornstedt (born May 18, 1868 in Liebsee, West Prussia ; † December 27, 1956 in Flensburg ; real name: Ernst Strempel ) was a German actor , director and theater manager .
Life
The son of a landowner attended the venerable castle school in Königsberg . After graduating from high school, he trained as a businessman at the request of his father. He also took acting lessons from Joseph Lewinsky . He made his debut on May 16, 1887 at the Elysium Theater in Stettin . The usual years of traveling took him first to Freiberg , to the Stadttheater am Brausenwerth in Elberfeld and to the stages in Kiel , Zurich , Würzburg and Halle an der Saale . He was then engaged for three years at the Bremen City Theater, where he was particularly valued by Heinrich Bulthaupt . After an engagement in Hamburg , which ended after only one year due to the sudden death of Bernhard Pollini , he committed himself to the Magdeburg Court Theater for four years , where he met Anton Hartmann .
When Hartmann took over the Carola Theater in Leipzig in 1902 , Bornstedt was part of the ensemble from the start . Here he stood on stage with Agnes Sorma , Josef Kainz , Albert Bassermann and Paul Wegener . In 1906 he went to the New Theater in Berlin as an actor and director , only to return to the Leipziger Schauspielhaus after only one year, where Hartmann appointed him senior director.
On March 29, 1912 he was appointed director of the Flensburg City Theater , where he was extremely successful and influential. For the National Socialists , however, this stage gained political importance as a border theater, so that Bornstedt retired in 1934 and his office was filled with party officials.
As an honorary member of the ensemble, he kept his residence in Flensburg, where he also died. His estate is kept in the Flensburg City Archives. In 1989 the Bornstedttreppe in Flensburg was named after him.
literature
- Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch , Vol. 66, 1958.
- History in Science and Education , Volume 20, Issue 1, 1969, pp. 1ff
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bornstedt, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strempel, Ernst (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, director and theater manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liebsee , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1956 |
| Place of death | Flensburg |