Franz Schuch the Younger
Franz Schuch the Younger (* 1741 ; † 1771 in Königsberg , Prussia ) was a German actor and theater director . With his wife Caroline Schuch he made Königsberg i. Pr. To an important theater city.
Life
As the son of Franz Schuch the Elder Ä. he played in Berlin with Caroline Steinberg, whose second husband he became. In 1764 he took over the rights of his deceased father and took over the general privilege ( granted in 1755 by Friedrich II (Prussia) ) for the Prussian states and the management of the Schuch actor society. He brought her to success and income in a short time. In 1765/66 he was able to build a theater in Behrenstrasse . He shared this house with Karl Theophil Döbbelin , principal of his own troop. By abolishing the Hanswurst with Döbbelin , he erased the last traces of the impromptu comedy in northern Germany.
On his guest appearances abroad he came to Danzig and Königsberg in 1765 . There had Konrad Ernst Ackermann built a permanent theater and a theater-loving people used. The Schuchs stayed with their troops in Koenigsberg and also played regularly in Gdansk. When Schuch died at the age of 30, Caroline Schuch led the company until her death (1787). The acting privileges of Silesia and Prussia acquired Johann Christian Wäser with the Wäserschen Gesellschaft
literature
- Ernst August Hagen : History of the theater in Prussia . Königsberg 1854 ( digitized version )
- Old Prussian biography . Volume II. Marburg 1967.
- Helmut Motekat: East Prussian literary history with Danzig and West Prussia . Schild, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-88014-053-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Schuch, (Johanna) Caroline (Kulturportal West-Ost)
- ↑ The Metropol Theater later stood at 55 Behrenstrasse
- ↑ General German Biography, Wikisource
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schuch, Franz the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schuch, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1741 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1771 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg , Prussia |