Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Hunnius
Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Hunnius ( 1762 in Kapellendorf - February 17, 1835 ) was a German theater actor , singer , theater director and theater director .
Life
Hunnius completed his legal studies and entered the civil service career as a judicial actuary. But the scenery has always been more to him than the office, and soon the inclination for the theater completely outweighed it, he stepped down from work and hurried to the boards.
He began with a traveling company (1785), came from there to the Bellomoschen troupe in Weimar (debut: October 10, 1786 as "Freysinn" in The Open Letters ) and in 1789 to the Waeserschen [Society] in Breslau. In 1791 he returned to Weimar, stayed there for two years and in 1793 headed the Deutsches Theater in Amsterdam, performing with the same in the largest cities in Germany.
Classic Weimar (at that time under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ) attracted him again, and in 1797 we find him there again as an actor, namely until 1799. During this time he was acquainted with Friedrich Schiller , who made him an actor suggested himself. Then he went through Germany, Russia and Hungary partly as a principal, partly as an actor. This lasted until 1817. In that year his old inclination drew him back to Weimar. Now he worked there for four years (also as a director) and ended his life on February 17, 1835.
Hunnius not only did an excellent job as a stage manager and proved himself as a theater director for over a quarter of a century, but also worked with great success as an actor in opera as well as in drama and comedy. He was particularly attracted to weird old people, rumbling fathers and schemers in acting. A peculiar role subject at that time was the representation of Jews. He always imitated them extraordinarily and achieved stormy success with such achievements.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 459, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Hunnius in the google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunnius, Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor, singer, theater director and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1762 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chapel village |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1835 |