Heinrich Oberländer (actor)
Heinrich Oberländer (born April 22, 1834 in Landeshut , Silesia , † January 30, 1911 in Berlin ) was a German theater actor and acting teacher of the 19th century.
Live and act
The son of a pharmacist, Oberländer, was self-taught . His first engagement took him to the Bremen City Theater in 1856 , where he made his debut on February 21 of the same year with the young forester Gustav in the play " Der Weiberfeind ". In the following years he played on stages in Oldenburg , Görlitz , Liegnitz , Breslau and Königsberg before he moved to the Prague State Theater in 1860 . After three years he arrived in Weimar in 1863 to fulfill an obligation at the court theater there . In 1871 Oberländer finally went to Berlin , following a call to the Royal Court Theater. He remained loyal to this most renowned stage in the German Empire for the next forty years - committed for life from October 28, 1876 - until his death.
At a young age, Oberländer made a name for himself as a comedian. Later he played humorous characters, but also serious father roles with great success. His best-known stage parts include Just (in Minna von Barnhelm ), Polonius (in Hamlet ), Falstaff , Malvolio (in Was ihr wollt ), Mephisto, as well as Secretary Wurm and Musikus Miller (both in Kabale und Liebe ) . Guest appearances took him to Munich (1880) and again to Prague (1900).
Oberländer quickly gained a reputation as a reliable and “excellent actor of bourgeois characters” . He “always endeavored to serve the whole, never to come out forcefully with his achievements, but always to blend in with the ensemble. Whatever he plays makes the impression of the simplest, which only increases the effect. "
As an acting teacher and writer
Since moving to Berlin in 1871, Heinrich Oberländer has trained a large number of renowned actors from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The best-known Oberland students include Albert Bassermann , August Bassermann , Adalbert Matkowsky , Guido Thielscher , Robert Nhil , Friedrich Basil , Wilhelmine Sandrock , Hermann Vallentin , Walter Steinbeck and Reginald Pasch .
He also excelled as a specialist author. Oberländer's non-fiction books are titled “Exercises for Learning a Dialect-Free Pronunciation” (three parts) and “Dramatic Scenes for Lessons” . But he also wrote a number of plays, including the one-act comedies or Schwänke "A man helps the other" , " Leni " and " The suicide ". Oberländer's “ The Lord Government Council ” was a play, his “ Judged ” a drama. These works were created at the end of the 19th century.
honors and awards
Oberländer had received a number of awards over the course of his long career in the theater. These include above all the Kgl. Bavarian Ludwig Medal for Art and Science as well as the Grand Duke. Mecklenburg-Schwerin Medal of Merit, 1st class for art and science. He also received the title of professor .
Private
Oberländer was married from 1869 to 1884 to the opera singer Laura Laufer, who, like him, appeared at the Royal Drama. In 1911 he was buried in the Trinity Cemetery II on Bergmannstrasse in Berlin-Kreuzberg. His gravestone was decorated with a portrait relief of the deceased, a work by the sculptor Albert Manthe (cleared after 1976). Like Albert Manthe and the actor Paul Dehnicke, Oberländer was a member of the Schlaraffen in the "Loge" Schlaraffia Berolina .
Student (selection)
- Friedrich Basil , August Bassermann , Elsa Bielitz , Kurt Boeck , Käthe Brandt , Max Door , Alexander Engels , Hugo Froelich , Hans Gelling , Colla Jessen , Adalbert Matkowsky , Reginald Pasch , Georg Paeschke , Wilhelmine Sandrock , Walter Steinbeck , Guido Thielscher
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, pp. 734 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Heinrich Hagemann (Ed.): Specialized lexicon of the German stage members. Berlin 1906. p. 56
- Wilhelm Kosch: German Theater Lexicon. Volume 2, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1960, pp. 1676 f.
- Albert Manthe as a person and artist, ed. from Ehm Welk- und Heimatmuseum Angermünde, Angermünde 2007
Remarks
- ^ A b Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 735, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oberländer, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor and acting teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | State hat , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1911 |
| Place of death | Berlin |