Johann David Beil
Johann David Beil (born May 11, 1754 in Chemnitz , † August 12, 1794 in Mannheim ) was a German actor and stage poet.
Beil already stood out at high school with his satirical and poetic talent and moved to the University of Leipzig to study law. His predilection for Platner's lectures withdrew him from studying law, and the whims of gambling, to which he was overly devoted, led him to the theater; in 1775 he was engaged by a traveling company in Naumburg.
Through the mediation of the coadjutor Karl Theodor von Dalberg in Erfurt, he got a job at the Hoftheater zu Gotha in 1777 and, after the same was abolished (1779), at the electoral theater in Mannheim, where he became popular with the public from year to year.
Has had Beil so far especially in funny. Character roles shone, Schröder's presence in Mannheim (1780) awakened his talent for the tragic, in which he later gave some of the most excellent representations. He died in Mannheim on August 12, 1794.
Among his plays (collected in Zurich in 1794, 2 vols.), The drama “The Players” and the comedies “The Acting School” and “Armut und Hoffart” received the most applause.
literature
- August Förster: Beil, Johann David . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 292.
- Achmed Scholtze: Johann David Beil. A contribution to the history of German theater. in "Mitteilungen des Verein für Chemnitzer Geschichte" (1st yearbook for 1873–1875. Chemnitz 1876. pp. 173–235)
- Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1893, vol. 5, p. 289 f.
- Hans Knudsen : Beil, Johann David. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 19 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beil, Johann David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and stage poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1794 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |