Heinrich Ferdinand Möller

Heinrich Ferdinand Möller (* 1745 in Olbersdorf near Jägerndorf in Silesia; † February 27, 1798 in Fehrbellin ) was a German actor and writer.

Life

Möller worked as an actor in Hamburg from 1770, first with the Burian Society, and later with the Seyler's troupe. In the 1780s he was director of the court theater company of the Margrave of Braunschweig-Schwedt and director of the court theater in Schwedt. He died in Fehrbellin in 1798 on a trip to Berlin.

Möller's most famous play was Der Graf von Waltron or Die Subordination (1776), which was played on stages across Europe for twenty years and translated into French, Italian and Swedish. His comedy Die Zigeuner was set to music several times: by Johann Christoph Kaffka in 1778, by Christian Gottlob Neefe in 1779 and by Franz Andreas Holly and Anton Eberl (under the title Les Bohémiens ) in 1781.

Works

Ferdinand and Wilhelmine , 1775
Luise, or the victory of innocence , 1775
The Count of Waltron, or the Subordination , 1776 ( digitized )
Sophie, or the Just Prince , 1776 ( digitized version )
Ernst and Gabriele , 1776
The gypsies , 1777
Emanuel and Elmira , 1778
Heinrich and Henriette , 1778
Wikinson and Wandrop , 1779
Vladislav II , 1791

literature

Erich Schmidt : Möller, Heinrich Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 141-143.

Footnotes

↑ As the place of birth, the literature predominantly indicates Olbersdorf in Silesia , concretized as Olbersdorf bei Jägerndorf in Ingeborg Fialová-Fürstová : Brief History of German-Moravian Literature (= contributions to German-Moravian literature . Volume 19 ). Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011, ISBN 978-80-244-2851-2 , p. 55 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Möller, Heinrich Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Möller, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1745
PLACE OF BIRTH	Olbersdorf in Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1798
Place of death	Fehrbellin , Germany

[Geburtsort-1] As the place of birth, the literature predominantly indicates Olbersdorf in Silesia , concretized as Olbersdorf bei Jägerndorf in Ingeborg Fialová-Fürstová : Brief History of German-Moravian Literature (= contributions to German-Moravian literature . Volume 19 ). Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011, ISBN 978-80-244-2851-2 , p. 55 ( limited preview in Google Book search).