Friedrich Baumann (actor)
Friedrich Baumann ( 1763 in Vienna - April 12, 1841 ibid) was an Austrian theater actor .
Life
He was a member of the Leopoldstadt Theater under Karl von Marinelli since 1781 and, alongside the famous "Punch Laroche" and his older brother Anton Baumann, played the comic roles in the local plays that formed the repertoire of the popular "Punch and Judy Theater". As "Schneider Wetz" in the Sisters of Prague by Wenzel Müller , he achieved great acclaim and general popularity. He worked primarily through precise, comical seriousness, through a kind of funny anger with which he made his speeches short and bold. His face was flexible and the R in his language purred conspicuously.
In 1800 he was appointed to the two court theaters, which were then under one direction. In addition to the famous Joseph Weidmann , he now played the comic roles in the theater next to the castle with great luck, alongside Carl Weinmüller in the Kärntnertortheater . Weidmann wrote “Adam” for him in Dorfbarbier , a role in which he appeared three hundred times. Of his other roles, “Matz” in August von Kotzebue's Intermezzo and “Peter Gutschaf” in the organs of the brain by the same author are praised. His comedy was hailed as true and true to nature. His origins in the Volkstheater suggested that he had not renounced the effects of dialect sounds in the language on the scene of the higher comedy, which were encountered and tolerated in the Burgtheater with individual actors up to 1850. As a good man, Baumann was respected and loved in his private life. He died as a retired kk court actor.
His older brother Anton Baumann, a no less excellent actor in dry-comic roles, remained loyal to the Volksbühne. Despite all the efforts, nothing reliable could be researched about his life.
literature
- Baumann Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 57.
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 60, ( digitized ).
- August Förster : Baumann, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 153.
Remarks
- ^ Text according to ADB, author: August Förster
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumann, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1841 |
| Place of death | Vienna |