Ferdinand Kracher
Ferdinand Kracher ( October 13, 1846 in Vienna - April 10, 1916 ) was an Austrian theater actor and playwright.
Life
Kracher, the son of a Riemermeister, drove to the stage at an early age and on September 6th, 1863 in Heinrich Zschokke's Abälino in Meidling, he took the stage for the first time as "Doge Gritti". His actual stage career began in Komorn in 1865 , then came to Thyrnau , Innsbruck (1866), Würzburg (1867) and in 1868 to the Vienna Carltheater, where he worked for many years until he joined the Hofburgtheater Association in 1881.
Here he proved himself to be a capable member in a serious and humorous way, who filled his place well and effectively. "Swiss" in the robbers , "De Santos" in Uriel Acosta , "Herald" in Medea etc. should be mentioned as correct performances. He was a good, clear speaker, supported by a rich, powerful organ. In 1899 he was appointed a real court actor.
Kracher was also active as a writer and wrote a number of stage works. He published the folk play Maria Theresia and the Pandur Colonel Trenk as well as the historical picture of the time with song and dance Field Marshal Laudon and the shopkeeper of Hadersdorf .
He devoted his free time to teaching drama and was also a professor at the Vienna Conservatory for several years .
In 1907 he was forced to retire early because of a progressive paralysis of his feet.
His daughter was the opera singer Marianne Kracher .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 536, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Elisabeth Pablé : Kracher, Ferdinand (1846–1916), actor and writer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 182.
Web links
- Ferdinand Kracher picture in the Manskopf Collection of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ferdinand Kracher obituary in the foreign paper of April 12, 1916, accessed on August 17, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kracher, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater actor and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1916 |