Heinrich Bösenberg

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Johann Heinrich Bösenberg (* 17th April 1745 in Hannover ; † 27. November 1828 in Dresden ) was a German theater actor , comedian , singer and playwright .

Life

His comic talent made itself felt at an early stage, he was generally advised to devote himself to the stage, and since he also had a desire and love for this profession, he made his debut in the Seiler Society in 1768, then wandered from town to town finally at the beginning of the 1780s to find engagement with the Gerstmann Society. There he was particularly popular in portraying comical servants, old stumpers and Jews. In 1786 he came to Pasquale Bondini and in 1790 to Franz Seconda . In this theater company, which became a royal in 1814. Saxon Court Actors Society, he stayed until his death. He died in Dresden in 1828.

Bösenberg's comic talent was extraordinary and innate. He was just a comedian by the grace of God. Even his appearance on the stage put the audience in the most pleasant and cheerful mood, which often turned into the loudest laughter after a few words he had spoken. He also wrote some stage works, which appeared under the overall title: "Dramatic contribution to the court theater in Dresden" (1791).

family

In 1768 Bösenberg's daughter Eleonora Bösenberg was born in Hanover , who later became an alto singer and actress.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ludwig Eisenberg : Heinrich Bösenberg . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 108 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  2. ^ Robert Prölss : History of the court theater in Dresden. From its beginnings until 1862 , Wilhelm Baensch Verlagshandlung, Dresden 1878, p. 525; Digitized via Google books

This article is based on a public domain text from Ludwig Eisenberg's Large Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the 19th Century , 1903 edition.

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SURNAME Bösenberg, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bösenberg, Johann Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor, comedian, singer and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1828
Place of death Dresden