Gerd Micheel

Gerd Micheel (born January 24, 1926 in Schwerin , † December 11, 1996 in Rostock ) was a German actor .

Life

After the end of the Second World War , Gerd Micheel got an engagement at the Fritz-Reuter-Bühne Schwerin in 1945. He received good reviews in Karl Bunje's play "Up Düwels Schuvkar". From 1946 to 1948 he received acting lessons from Lucie Höflich in Schwerin. A first role at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin followed in 1949 in William Shakespeare's “Was ihr wollt”. Gerd Micheel then moved to the Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater in Annaberg-Buchholz , where he was cast as a youthful hero until 1951. From 1951 to 1953 he was engaged at the Greiz City Theater before he returned to the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin. Here he primarily played character roles, such as Marinelli in Ephraim Lessing's “ Emilia Galotti ”, the Wurm in Friedrich Schiller's “ Kabale und Liebe ” or Ferdinand in Goethe's “ Egmont ”. In 1960 Micheel went to the Rostock Volkstheater . He played in pieces by Georg Büchner , Tennessee Williams and Peter Weiss , among others . Gerd Micheel was a member of the Volkstheater ensemble until 1991. From 1968 to 1970 he was director of the Rostock State Drama School.

Gerd Micheel has made recordings of Fritz Reuter's entire work for radio.

1966: The persecution and murder of Jean Paul Marat, portrayed by the acting group of the Charenton Hospice under the guidance of Mr de Sade - Director: Hanns Anselm Perten ( Broadcasting of the GDR )
1968: Onkel Toms Hütte , radio play by Dieter Scharfenberg for Litera
2002: The prehistory of Meckelnborg . 2 audio CDs, 101 min. Speaker: Gerd Micheel. Rostock: Hinstorff, 2002. ISBN 3-356-00941-9
2010: Ut mine Stromtid . 11 audio CDs, 763 min. Speaker: Gerd Micheel. Schwerin: Tennemann Media, 2010. ISBN 3-941452-04-5

Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 6628 .