Heinrich Stümcke

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Heinrich Stümcke

Heinrich Karl Alwin Stümcke (born May 7, 1871 in Yekaterinburg , † January 19, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German writer, theater critic and translator.

Life

Bookplate Heinrich Stümcke

His father Heinrich Stümcke was the chief mining authority. He came to Germany early and attended high school in Bremen. He studied philosophy, economics and German in Munich, Leipzig, Berlin and Geneva. In 1894 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. After traveling through various European countries, he settled in Berlin, where he was editor of the journals Neue literary Blätter and West-Eastern Rundschau . In October 1898 he founded the magazine for theater, literature and art, Bühne und Welt , which he was editor-in-chief until his death. In 1902, on his initiative, the Society for Theater History was founded, in which he worked as secretary.

His estate is in the theater studies collection of the Institute for Media Culture and Theater at the University of Cologne .

Works (selection)

  • Preludes . Poems. Albert, Munich 1893.
  • Litterary sins and matters of the heart . Rentzel, Berlin 1894.
  • Between the sheaves . Essays. Friesenhahn, Leipzig 1899.
  • The fourth wall . Theatrical impressions and studies. Wigand, Leipzig 1904.
  • The woman as an actress . Rothbarth, Leipzig 1905. ( digitized version )
  • Corona Schröter . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld 1904. ( digitized version )
  • Hohenzollern princes in the drama . A contribution to the comparative history of literature and theater. Wigand, Leipzig 1903. ( digitized version )
  • Berlin theater . Publishing house for literature, art and music, Leipzig 1907. ( digitized version )
  • Modern theater, impressions and studies . Publishing house Deutsche Bücherei, Berlin 1907.
  • Iffland and the Berlin Royal National Theater . For the 150th anniversary of August Wilhelm Iffland's birthday. Commemorative speech. Wigand, Leipzig 1909.
  • The German theater exhibition Berlin 1910 . Self-published by the Society for Theater History, Berlin 1911.
  • Henriette Sontag . A picture of life and time . Self-published by the Society for Theater History, Berlin 1913.
  • Theater and war . Schulze, Oldenburg and Leipzig 1915. ( digitized version )
  • In front of the ramp . New dramaturgical sheets. Schulze, Oldenburg and Leipzig 1915.
  • Contributions to the history of literature and theater . Behr, Berlin-Steglitz 1918.

Articles (selection)

  • Michael Georg Conrad . A literary sketch . In: New literary sheets . Kühtmann, Bremen 1893, No. 10/11.
  • Wilhelm Jordan on February 8, 1899 . In: Bühne und Welt 1 (1898/99), pp. 401–406.
  • Ten years of stage and world . In: Bühne und Welt 10 (1907/08), pp. 1015-1018
  • Bernhard Baumeister on his 60th anniversary in the Burgtheater . In: Bühne und Welt 14 (1911/12), pp. 133-137.
  • Canon and tragedian . With letters from Wilhelm Smets and Sophie Schröder . In: Deutsche Rundschau , January 1919, pp. 105–114.

Editing

  • Contributions to the history of literature and theater . Ludwig Geiger on his 70th birthday, June 5, 1918, as a festive offering. Behr, Berlin 1918.
  • The sequels, imitations and travesties of Lessing's "Nathan the Wise" . Self-published by the Society for Theater History, Berlin 1904 ( digitized version )
  • Johann Friedrich Löwen: History of the German Theater (1766) and pamphlets about the Hamburg National Theater (1766 and 1767). With introduction and explanations. Frensdorff, Berlin 1905.
  • Letters from Sophie Schröder . Self-published by the Society for Theater History, Berlin 1910.
  • Sophie Schröder's letters to her son Alexander Schröder . Self-published by the Society for Theater History, Berlin 1916.
  • Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher: Letters . Selected and explained by Heinrich Stümcke. Reclam, Leipzig 1926.
  • Stage and World (magazine)

Translations (selection)

  • The majoress . Drama in 4 acts. Adapted from Ippolit V. Spazinski's Russian for the German stage. Kentzel, Berlin 1894.
  • The Empress of the Balkans ( Balkanska Carica ). Dramatic poem in three acts by Nicholas !, Prince of Montenegro . With a literary-historical introduction. Ebering, Berlin 1896.
  • Ivan Sergeevič Turgenev: Breakfast at the aristocratic marshal . Comedy in one act. Deubner, Berlin 1897.
  • Musical memories and feature articles by Peter Tschaikowsky . Edited in German translation by Heinrich Stümcke. Harmonie, Berlin 1899.
  • Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj: The Power of Darkness . Drama in five acts. Reclam, Leipzig 1901.
  • Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj: And the light shines in the darkness . Drama in four acts. Müller, Munich 1919.
  • Anton Chekhov: The seagull . Acting in 4 acts. For d. German stage arranged by Heinrich Stümcke. Reclam, Leipzig 1927.

literature

  • Bibliography of the books and contributions of Heinrich Stümcke to collected works, magazines and newspapers . Brought to you by friends for his 50th birthday on May 7, 1922. Elsner, Berlin 1922.
  • Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 7. 6th edition Reclam, Leipzig, 1913, p. 132.
  • Hans Knudsen : Heinrich Stümcke. In: German Biographical Yearbook , Volume 5 (1923), p. 335.
personal data
SURNAME Stümcke, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stümcke, Heinrich Karl Alwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, theater critic and translator
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Ekaterinburg
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1923
Place of death Berlin