Hans Gelling
Hans Gelling ( October 14, 1858 in Kassel - April 10, 1911 in Weimar ) was a German theater actor , director , director , director and playwright .
Life
After Gelling had decided to take up the stage in Berlin, he took lessons from Heinrich Oberländer and Franz Deutschinger .
He made his debut in Gdansk and then went to the German Theater in Pest. In 1884 he went to Schwerin, where he acted as a sedate lover and heroic father. There he also began directing and even became senior director.
In 1899 he took over the artistic direction of the Thaliatheater in Hamburg and in 1901 the Stadttheater in Essen as theater director and director, who remained director even after the merger with the Dortmund Theater .
Guest performances have taken him to Stuttgart, Hanover, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem and Leiden as well as the Luther Festival in Gdansk. His best-known achievements included “Macbeth”, “Faust”, “Götz”, “King Lear”, “Tell” and “Wallenstein”.
He was married to the actress Valerie Chauvet de Taugly .
In 1909 he lived in the Ilsenhof in Gauting near Munich.
Works
- 1890: After death
- 1891: In the shade of oak
- 1892: Z. Licht
- 1893: Golden
Student (selection)
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Hans Gelling . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 314 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? Publishing house by HA Ludwig Degener, Leipzig 1909, p. 434
- Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon, Biographical and Bibliographical Handbook . First volume. Klagenfurt / Vienna 1953, p. 535
Individual evidence
- ^ Ottmar G. Flüggen: Biographical stage lexicon of the German theaters . 1892, p. 47 - Internet Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gelling, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor, director, director, director and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1911 |
| Place of death | Weimar |