Jakob Kuhlmann

Jakob Kuhlmann (* around 1630 in Bautzen ; † after 1699; also Kuehlmann , Kühlmann , Kullmann , Culmann ) was a German theater principal .

Life

Kuhlmann is first recorded as a principal in Dresden in 1665 . According to his own statement, he was already from Emperor Ferdinand III . a play permit for Vienna has been issued. Before 1669, Kuhlmann's Acting Society is said to have performed in Brno and several times in Prague , although it was difficult to obtain a license there. In 1673 Leopold I granted him an imperial privilege. Kuhlmann's appearance before the princes in Eisenach in 1684 indicates a court position, possibly in Bayreuth . In 1690 he played together with Andreas Elenson in Saxony, after which he performed in Schleswig-Holstein, Silesia and Bohemia and circulated between Graz , Regensburg and Augsburg . In 1698/99 he was engaged together with Johann Carl Samenhammer at the ducal court in Stuttgart . Then his troop reappeared in Linz in 1699 .

Kuhlmann was married to the actress Anna Barbara. In the 1690s, the dramaturge and writer Adam Christoph Schüler , whose function was later taken over by Kuhlmann's son Philipp, was still part of his team. Otherwise, little is known about the composition of his partnership: Johann Valentin Petzold is likely to have briefly joined it in Munich in 1696 . Kuhlmann's daughter Victoria Clara later married the principal Heinrich Wilhelm Benecke .

effect

Kuhlmann is one of the leading German theater principals of the 17th century. His career is characterized by high mobility. His repertoire varied from Andreas Gryphius' tragedy Aemilius Paulus Papinianus to popular plays such as Doctor Faust . In this regard, Kuhlmann's ability to adapt his productions to the tastes of the public through translations and adaptations from Italian, Dutch and French is remarkable.

Individual evidence

^ Adolf Scherl, Bärbel Rudin: Jakob Kuhlmann . In: Alena Jakubcová, Matthias J. Pernerstorfer (Ed.): Theater in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. From the beginning to the end of the 18th century. A lexicon. Newly edited, German-language edition. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7001-6999-4 , p. 367-369 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kuhlmann, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jakob Kuehlmann; Jakob Kühlmann; Jakob Kullmann; Jakob Culmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater principal
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1630
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bautzen
DATE OF DEATH	after 1699

[1] Adolf Scherl, Bärbel Rudin: Jakob Kuhlmann . In: Alena Jakubcová, Matthias J. Pernerstorfer (Ed.): Theater in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. From the beginning to the end of the 18th century. A lexicon. Newly edited, German-language edition. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7001-6999-4 , p. 367-369 .