Franz Rudolf Bayer

Franz Rudolf Bayer (born November 30, 1780 in Vienna , † April 10, 1860 in Dresden ) was an Austrian theater actor , director , writer and painter .

Life

Bayer was originally supposed to study medicine. Since this course did not appeal to him, he started as an intern in the court accounting department in the coinage and mining industry. However, this service did not appeal to him either, and he tried his hand at amateur stages in his spare time. There the actor Carl Friedrich Solbrig saw him once and recommended Johann Karl Liebich to Prague in the direction . After a short preparation, he made his debut there on November 19, 1802. He stayed there until his farewell performance on December 10, 1842 and April 19, 1844. Soon after, he moved to Dresden, where he also died.

In addition to his acting activities, he also dealt with the visual arts and painted some good portraits. He also wrote poems, short stories and parodies.

His son was the architect Rudolf Bayer .

literature

• Prague theater almanac to the year 1808 , Prague 1807 (= year 1), p. 5: Debut 1802 as "Eduard Ruhberg" in "Verbrechen aus Ehrsucht"
• August Wilhelm Iffland : Almanach fürs Theater , vol. 1, Berlin 1807, p. 350: "First set lovers and heroes" (also in: Iffland: Almanach fürs Theater , vol. 3, Berlin 1809, p. 158; General German Theater -Anzeiger , edited by * Daniel Gottlieb Quandt, Prague, Jg. 4 (1814), No. 24, p. 95; Lembert / Carl, paperback for actors and drama friends for the year 1816 , Stuttgart, Munich 1815, p. 205 )
• Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt : Almanac for Theater 1812 , Leipzig 1811, p. 174: "Heroes and serieuse lovers"
• Johann Wenzel Lembert : paperback for actors and acting friends to the year 1817 , Stuttgart 1816, p. 468: "Heroes and set lovers"
• Adolf Bäuerle : Pocket book for the German Schaubühne on the year 1817 , Vienna 1816, p. 89: “Mr. Bayer has recently taken over the direction; A worthy artist who has shone on our stage in the hero field for years, and enjoys excellent respect. "
• Diary of the German stages , vol. 2, no. 12 (December 1817), p. 337: "Director, first hero, decency and character roles, tender fathers"
• Lembert: paperback for actors and drama friends to the year 1821 , Vienna 1820, p. 295: “Helden- u. Character roles. An artist of recognized reputation and merit. A favorite of the Prague public and rightly so. "
• Lembert: paperback for actors and drama friends to the year 1822 , Vienna 1821, p. 286: "Heroes and character roles" (also in: Lembert, paperback for actors and drama friends to the year 1823, Vienna 1822, p. 304)
• Adolf von Schaden : Critical leap from Dresden to Prague; a new capriccio, as a counterpart to the hangover jump , Schneeberg 1822 [review of a trip to Prague at the end of 1821], p. 219f .: “Hero and character roles: Tell, Wallenstein. Elector in the Prince of Homburg & c. Good disposition, and may have been very hardworking in the past. He is the most distinguished darling of the local public, so people advise him well-meaning - never to leave Prague. Sometimes Mr B. portrays a spoiled darling, a mistake that all favorites fall into too easily. Incidentally, Mr. B. is also a very talented man - poet, painter and mime at the same time. "
• Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann : General German theater almanac for the year 1822 , Braunschweig 1822, p. 452: "Hero and character roles"
• Tagebuch der Deutschen Bühnen , vol. 11, no. 2 (February 1826), p. 55: "first tragic character and tender father roles"
• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 64 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )

Web links

• Franz Rudolf Bayer in the WeGA

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 64 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
2. ^ Franz Rudolf Bayer in the WeGA .