Irma Scarla

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Irma Scarla , actually Irma Schweizer (born August 14, 1878 in Munich ; † May 16, 1971 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German theater actress who belonged to the Ducal Court Theater and later State Theater in Braunschweig , now the Braunschweig State Theater, for more than two decades .

Live and act

Irma Scarla grew up as the daughter of a court watchmaker in Munich and took acting lessons from the Munich court actor Alois Wohlmuth. In 1900 she appeared for the first time as "Eve Rull" in the comedy " Der zerbrochne Krug " by Heinrich von Kleist in Frankfurt (Oder) . After stints at the Mainz City Theater and the “Deutsche Volksbühne” in Berlin , she came to the “German Theater in the Danube Countries”, with which she celebrated triumphs in Belgrade , Sofia , Bucharest , Lemberg and other cities in the region. In 1904 Scarla played at the Stadttheater Halle (Saale) before she was hired as a heroine (heroine actress) at the court theater in Braunschweig in 1906.

In Braunschweig, Scarla had great success in almost 200 leading roles and numerous supporting roles. She shaped the style of representation in many Hebbel performances, but shone not only with modern, realistic performance and intense expressiveness in classical roles, but also with her talent for comedy and her mastery of dialect in rough dialect roles. At the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Braunschweig Infantry Regiment No. 92 , she appeared in the role of Germania in 1909 .

In 1930 Scarla ended her career and moved to her hometown of Munich before moving to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1942. She died there on May 16, 1971.

Irma Scarla is one of the honorary members of the Braunschweig State Theater.

Others

In the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig in the old town hall , a splendid, artistic theater costume worn by Irma Scarla is exhibited, which is kept in an Egyptian style, but cannot be assigned to a specific role with certainty. With a certain probability, however, Scarla would have carried it in the role of Mylitta in the tragedy "The Daughter of Semiramis ". This tragedy was performed in 1910 at the Braunschweig court theater to celebrate the 80th birthday of the poet Paul Heyse .

Irma Scarla's motto was: "Whatever you do, do it completely".

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To everything: Almanac of the Duke. Braunschweigischen Hoftheater 1909-1910 , pp. 40–42.
  2. ↑ Landestheater Braunschweig - Das Jahrbuch 1930 , pp. 23–24; Bernhard Struckmeyer, Das Schauspiel am Hoftheater Braunschweig from 1890 to 1918 and its role models , Braunschweig 1969, pp. 84–87.
  3. ^ Gustav von Kortzfleisch , The centenary of Braunschweig. Infantry Regiment No. 92 on April 1, 1909 , Braunschweig 1909, p. 49.
  4. ↑ Garmisch-Partenkirchen death certificate No. 215/1971; the dates of death given elsewhere in 1963 or 1974 and also a date of birth given by Struckmeyer as September 14, 1878 are incorrect.
  5. ↑ Paul-Albrecht Schmücking, 1940-1954 in the Staatstheater Braunschweig , Braunschweig 1954, p. 8.
  6. ^ The exhibition "History of the City of Braunschweig" in the Altstadtrathaus, Part 4 , Braunschweig 1996, pp. 125–126.
  7. ^ Unpublished lecture by Rosemarie Vogt on August 5 and 11, 2011, Braunschweig City Archives H III 9: 114.
  8. ↑ Almanac of the Duke. Braunschweigischen Hoftheater 1909-1910 , p. 42.
personal data
SURNAME Scarla, Irma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swiss, Irma (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1971
Place of death Garmisch-Partenkirchen