Friedrich Hopp

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Friedrich Ernst Hopp (born August 23, 1789 in Brno , † June 23, 1869 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actor and writer .

Life

Hopp was the son of a factory worker. First he embarked on a commercial career, worked as a traveling salesman and accountant and worked as an amateur actor . From 1815 he was engaged at various theaters in Brno , Graz , Bratislava and Baden until he got a job at the Vienna Theater in Josefstadt in 1822 . From 1825 he was also active at the Theater an der Wien . In Vienna he experienced the climax of his acting career and became a crowd favorite. In 1833 he played the joiner's journeyman Leim in the world premiere of Johann Nestroy's posse Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus .

Standing in the shadow of Nestroy and becoming increasingly unsuccessful, he left the theater in der Josefstadt in 1846 and played at provincial theaters. From 1847 to 1849 he worked at the Carltheater , which he left after a dispute with the local director Carl Carl . Only after his death did he return to Vienna, where he ended his acting career due to illness in 1862 at the Theater am Franz-Josefs-Kai .

Hopp also wrote some antics himself. His first play was written in 1829. He was considered a folk poet who orientated himself on the tastes of the common people, and as a rival of Karl Haffner and Friedrich Kaiser . His most important works are the pieces Doctor Faust's House Cap and The Pelzpalatine und der Kachelofen , which premiered in 1840 . Nestroy played the main role in Hopp's adaptation of The Thirty-Year-Old ABC-Schütz , which is no longer preserved today .

Hopp's son Julius was a composer and conductor at the Theater an der Wien.

Works (selection)

  • The black child. Singspiel . 1829.
  • The gold king, the bird dealer and the poodle cutter or: the iron gate in the gray valley. A romantic and funny magic game in two acts . Munich 1835. - Full text online .
  • The acquaintance in the paradise garden, the kidnapping from the green tree, and the engagement in Untersendling. A local farce with singing in three acts . Munich 1837. - Full text online .
  • The acquaintance in the paradise garden, the kidnapping in heaven, and the engagement in the elisium. Local posse with singing in three acts . Vienna 1839. - Full text online .
  • Hatter and stocking maker, or: The ancestor in the community barracks. Posse with singing in two acts. On the kk privil. Theater an der Wien performed for the first time on March 7, 1837 . Vienna 1839. - Full text online .
  • The Waldegg estate, the hussars and the children's stockings. Posse with singing in three acts, performed for the first time in the kk priv. Theater an der Wien, on May 16, 1838 . Vienna 1841. - Full text online .
  • Doctor Faust's little hat, or: The hostel in the forest. Farce with singing in three acts . Vienna 1843. - Full text online .
  • Atlasshawl and Harrasbinde, or: The House of Confusions. Posse with singing in two acts . Vienna 1849. - Full text online .
  • Lazarus Polkwitzer von Nikolsburg, or: Die Landparthie nach Baden. Posse with singing in two acts . Vienna 1849. - Full text online .
  • Elias earthworm or: The engagement on the Parforçe hunt. Posse with singing in two acts . Vienna 1853. - Full text online .
  • The fur palatine and the tiled stove, or: The Rautenbrunn fair. Farce with singing in three acts . Vienna 1853. - Full text online .
  • The mayor and his family. Character picture with singing in three acts, given in the theater on Franz-Josefs-Quai with great applause . Vienna 1861. - Full text online .
  • The ticket operator and his child. Comedy with singing in three acts, performed for the first time on December 13, 1862 in the kk priv. Theater an der Wien with a brilliant (sic!) Success . Vienna 1862. - Full text online .
  • The dashing Godl. Sketches from Viennese folk life with singing in three sections and six pictures . Vienna 1866. - Full text online .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Friedrich Johann von Reden-Esbeck: Deutsches Bühnen-Lexikon . Eichstatt 1879
  2. ^ A b Philipp Stein: German actors. Volume 2: The 19th Century . Society for Theater History, Berlin 1909
  3. ↑ Walter Killy (Ed.): Literature Lexicon: Authors and works of the German-speaking cultural area. Volume 5 . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1988–1992
  4. ^ The thirty-year-old ABC contactor on the homepage of the Don Juan Archives Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Hopp, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hopp, Friedrich Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1869
Place of death Vienna