Johann La Roche
Johann Joseph La Roche , also Johann Laroche (born April 1, 1745 in Pressburg , † June 8, 1806 in Vienna ) was an Austrian theater actor , comedian and playwright .
Life
Johann La Roche was supposed to become a barber at the request of the family , but at the age of 19 he joined Johann Joseph Brunian and his group of actors in Graz in 1764 . He moved around with this troupe for four years and in 1768 switched to Johann Matthias Menninger , who was just making a guest appearance in Baden near Vienna .
Together with Menninger, La Roche created the figure of "Kasperle" (also "Kasperl '") (with a large red heart sewn onto the chest patch).
La Roche represented the same position with his puppet figure as his predecessor “ Hanswurst ” and his successors “ Thaddädl ” and “ Staberl ”.
From 1781 until his death, La Roche played together with Karl von Marinelli in Vienna at the Leopoldstädter Theater . Many roles were tailor-made for La Roche and are important components of the Alt-Wiener Volkstheater .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Laroche, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, pp. 161–163 ( digitized version ).
- Joseph Kürschner : Johann Laroche . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 717.
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 576, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Gustav Gugitz : The former Kasperl (Johann La Roche). A contribution to the theater and moral history of old Vienna . Ed. Strache, Vienna 1920.
- Otto Rommel : The great characters of the old Viennese folk comedy. Hanswurst, Kasperl, Thaddädl and Staberl, Raimund and Nestroy . Bindenschild-Verlag, Vienna 1946.
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SURNAME | La Roche, Johann |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | La Roche, Johann Joseph (full name); Laroche, Johann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater actor, comedian and playwright |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1745 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pressburg |
DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1806 |
Place of death | Vienna |