Heinrich Davideit

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Johann Heinrich Davideit (born September 22, 1833 in Memel , † June 21, 1894 in Munich ) was a German theater actor , comedian and singer ( baritone ).

Life

Davideit, son of a businessman, also destined to be a businessman, went to the stage against the will of his parents in 1852 and had to go through all the misery of wandering artists with poor incomes for years. He played as the first hero and lover, and as a baritone in Wesel, Iserlohn, Hagen and Bad Oeynhausen. After his marriage in the summer of 1857 to Bertha Lutze , a young widowed director with whom he worked for a time, he and his wife went to the Aktientheater in St. Gallen and then to Glarus for the winter of 1860 to 1861 the fire in the theater there drove him away.

He came to Munich and was employed at the court theater as a second lover only for a fee. On October 1, 1862, he was permanently engaged and soon afterwards began to turn to the comic role subject that most appealed to his talent. He was distinguished by his natural creative power and was one of the most popular members of the Munich stage for many years.

His portrayal of comic characters, especially in Shakespeare's comedies, e.g. B. the “note” in the “Midsummer Night's Dream” could be regarded as exemplary. He was also an excellent “capuchin” in “Wallenstein's camp”. Working in his profession until his end, he died in Munich on June 21, 1894.

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 143, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Hermann Arthur Lier:  Davideit, Johann Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 626.
  • Grandaur, Chronicle of the Royal Court and National Theaters in Munich. Munich 1878, p. 172. - OJ Bierbaum , Twenty-five years of Munich court theater history. Munich 1892, p. 73 (portrait 11).
  • New theater almanac. Ed. from the Cooperative of German Stage Members. 6th year Berlin 1895, pp. 187/8.

Remarks

  1. ^ Text after Hermann Arthur Lier in the ADB
personal data
SURNAME Davideit, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davideit, Johann Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor, comedian and singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Memel
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1894
Place of death Munich