Fritz Kranz (General Manager)
Fritz Kranz , actually Friedrich Lambert Kranz (born June 15, 1897 in Aachen , † August 19, 1984 in Niederkrüchten ) was a German actor , theater director and theater director .
Life
In 1916, Kranz graduated from high school in Aachen, where he was born. He then studied German and history in Frankfurt , Munich and Bonn . From June 1917 until the end of the war in 1918 he was drafted into military service.
In December 1918 he was accepted into the drama school of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and received lessons from Louise Dumont , Gustav Lindemann , Paul Henckels and Fritz Holl . In 1921 he married Elisabeth Lili Kranz, b. Hecker. Five children were born to the couple over the next 20 years, one of which died as a toddler. From 1922 Kranz had engagements as an actor and director in Herne-Recklinghausen and Bonn , from where he switched to the State Theater in Munich as an actor in 1925 . From 1926 to 1928 he was engaged in Bonn again. In 1928 he was appointed director of the Städtebundtheater in Neuss , in 1930 he was appointed director of the Mönchengladbach-Rheydt theater. At the end of the 1933 season, at the instigation of the National Socialists, his contract was not extended because he was not a party member. In 1933 he became director in Trier , where his contract was not extended at the end of the 1935 season at the instigation of the National Socialists. He persistently refused to join the NSDAP . In 1935 he was engaged as director in Hanau , where again at the end of the 1940 season the contract extension was refused at the instigation of the National Socialists. In 1940 Kranz became director in Oberhausen , whose theater he successfully led out of a financial and artistic crisis. He also managed to keep the theater going despite the destruction of the theater by a bomb attack on April 27, 1943. His work was made more difficult because he was observed by two party members in the ensemble who had been assigned to him.
In 1945 he was reappointed as artistic director to reopen at the Rheydt Theater . He held this position until 1964. It was during this time that the annual open-air theater in Rheydt Castle was founded .
From 1966 he was a guest at the Schauspiel Aachen .
In 1974 Lili Kranz died. Fritz Kranz died in 1984 and is buried next to his wife in Neuss .
literature
- Wilhelm Lange: Theater in Oberhausen 1911 to 1960 Published by the Städtische Bühnen Oberhausen at Christmas 1960
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kranz, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kranz, Friedrich Lambert (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, theater director and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1984 |
| Place of death | Niederkrüchten |