Helene Wewerka
Helene Wewerka , married Winand , (born February 9, 1857 in Prague , Austrian Empire , † March 22, 1883 in Hamburg , German Empire ) was an Austrian theater actress .
Life
Helene Wewerka, the niece of the Czech leader Karel Sladkovský , was initially engaged at the Bohemian Theater Prague ( National Theater Prague ) and the Karlovy Vary City Theater. In 1875 she was discovered by Heinrich Laube , then director of the Vienna City Theater, in Prague and taken to the City Theater Vienna , where she was trained by Laube himself and by the actor and lecturer Alexander Strakosch .
She made her debut at the Wiener Stadttheater, where she stayed until 1878, successfully as Antigone and then performed there “always with equally favorable successes” in various classical, contemporary and modern roles. In October 1875 she played "a very poetic" one at the Vienna City Theater, "especially in the court scene with really moving sounds of a deep, strong eruption of emotion", Leonore in the world premiere of the tragedy Corfiz Ulfeldt by Martin Greif , with which he first emerged as a theater poet .
In the season 1878/79 she was engaged at the Stadttheater Hamburg . From 1879 until 1882 she was engaged as an actress for heroic roles at the Hoftheater Hannover .
Wewerka represented the role of “tragic lover” and “heroine” on the theater stage. Her main roles included: Julia , Hero , Recha , Amalia , Leonore , Luise Miller , Elisabeth von Valois , Maria Stuart , Maid of Orleans , Thekla , and Countess Rutland in Laube's tragedy, Count Essex .
In 1882 she gave up her career and married the actor and heroic actor Hans Winand (1850–1889). Wewerka is no longer listed as an actress in Gettke's "Almanac of the Cooperative of German Stage Members for 1883".
literature
- Ottmar G. Flüggen: Biographical stage lexicon of the German theaters from the beginning of German acting to the present . Compiled by OG Flüggen. 1st year. A. Bruckmann's Verlag, Munich 1892. p. 330 (there under Winand, Helene ).
- Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon . Volume VI. Weisbrod - Wolansky. De Gruyter, Berlin [et al.]. Page 3292. 2008, ISBN 978-3-908255-46-8 (accessed from De Gruyter Online).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Wewerka, Helene . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 55th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1887, p. 192 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Role portrait: Helene Wewerka (Collection Austrian Theater Museum )
- Role portrait: Helene Wewerka (Collection Austrian Theater Museum )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Albert van Geelen: MARTIN GREIF AS A DRAMATIST in his relationships with Laube and the Burgtheater under Wilbrandt and Dingeistedt . Heinrich Stiasny's Sons printing and publishing house. Graz 1934. Pages 258/259, FN 6, 261, 265, 268, 272. Retrieved on February 15, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wewerka, Helene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winand, Helene (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1883 |
| Place of death | Hamburg , German Empire |