Johann Carl Samenhammer
Johann Carl Samenhammer (* approx. 1648 in Carinthia ; † February 12, 1728 in Slezské Rudoltice ) was the theater director of a German-speaking traveling company .
Life
The first record of Johann Carl Samenhammer comes from May 1, 1676, when he appears as a clerk and member of the Princely Theater Society in the service of Johann Christian von Eggenberg (1641–1710).
In the course of the closure of the Krumlov court theater in 1691, Johann Carl Samenhammer was dismissed together with his co-director Johann Georg Gettner (1645–1696) with an extremely commendable letter of recommendation. On tours with the Princely Eggenberg Comoedianten, he toured today's territory of Austria , the Czech Republic ( Brno (1692/93), Prague (1693)), Slovenia as well as southern Germany and Switzerland . After the death of Johann Georg Gettner (1645–1696), Samenhammer ran the company at least until the Strasbourg winter season 1697/98.
Together with his wife, Anna Ernestina (Gettner's daughter), the family of Jakob Kuhlmann (1630–1699) and several other actors, Johann Carl Samenhammer formed the ensemble of the first ducal court theater in Stuttgart for a year (1698/99) .
In 1699 and 1700 Johann Carl Samenhammer played (probably with the Kuhlmann troupe) in Vienna from where he worked as a partner of Catharina Elisabeth Velten's brother FE Paulsen a. a. toured to Graz and Augsburg .
Around 1708 he founded a new "High German" theater company with which he appeared in Linz , Passau , Regensburg and Salzburg as well as Hallein (1709).
He died at the age of 80 in the service of Albert Joseph von Hoditz at his castle in Slezské Rudoltice , where he was also buried.
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Together with Johann Georg Gettner (1645–1696) and Johann Christoph Pernecker (1676–1691), Samenhammer was responsible for the works played in the Krumlov Castle Theater . He made copies or adaptations of at least six dramas. The source of the "Innsbruck Comoedianten" or their margravial Baden and inner-Austrian branches served as a source.
Due to the plague and the danger of the Turks, the Krumlov theater was cut off from professional text distribution for a long time. So it is not surprising that Johann Carl Samenhammer was only able to acquire highly traded works like Andreas Gryphius ' (1616–1664) tragedy Papinianus after his years in Krumau .
Particularly noteworthy is the Jesuit -influenced martyr's tragedy The Contest of Heavenly and Earthly Love . Addressed specifically to Catholic authorities and patrons, it is the only stage work by a German-speaking professional actor to appear in print in the 17th century.
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Scherl, Bärbel Rudin: Johann Carl SAMENHAMMER . In: Alena Jakubcová, Matthias J. Pernerstorfer (Ed.): Theater in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7001-6999-4 , p. 584-586 .
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| SURNAME | Samenhammer, Johann Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sammenhammer, Johann Carl; Samenheimer, Johann Carl; Samenhaymer, Johann Carl; Samenheymer, Johann Carl; Sonnenhammer, Johann Carl; Sonnenheimer, Johann Carl; Samenhofer, Johann Carl; Samenthamer, Johann Carl; Samenthaner, Johann Carl; Sommerhamer, Johann Carl; Samenhammer, Johann Carl von; Samenthal, Johann Carl von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Theater actor, theater manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1648 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carinthia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1728 |
| Place of death | Slezské Rudoltice |