Johann Neuber (actor)

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Johann Neuber (born January 22, 1697 in Reinsdorf (Saxony) , † 1759 in Dresden ) was a German theater actor and the husband of the theater principal Friederike Caroline Neuber .

Life

In 1717 Johann and Friederike fled to escape Friederike's violent father and joined the Spiegelberg theater troupe. In 1718 the two married in Brunswick Cathedral .

In 1725 the couple took over the Haack-Hoffmann troop. In 1727, the Neubers set up the theater above the meat banks in the Großer Blumberg am Brühl house in Leipzig at their own expense . When their Saxon comedian privilege expired with the death of August the Strong in 1733, a transition period began which, after several submissions to the city with the permission to play on May 20, 1734, initially seemed to have survived. However, for reasons that were not clear, Johann Neuber destroyed this result at the Leipzig City Hall “in the conjugal guardianship of his wife” by ceding his play permit to the competitor, principal and buffoon Joseph Ferdinand Müller, against the will of his wife after the end of the season . He signed a settlement that left the theater in Leipzig to him for a small amount of compensation. This almost led to the ruin of the troops.

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon. Volume 2: Hurka - Pallenberg. Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt 1960.
  • Petra Oelker : The Neuberin. The life story of the first great German actress (= Rororo. 23740). New version. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-23740-7 .
  • Friedrich Joh. Von Reden-Esbeck: Caroline Neuber and her contemporaries. A contribution to German cultural and theater history. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1881, ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Petra Oelker: The Neuberin. 2004, p. 24 ff.
  2. ↑ Petra Oelker: The Neuberin . 2004, p. 82–84 (Oelker cites documents from Reden-Esbeck 1881).
personal data
SURNAME Neuber, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor and husband of Friederike Caroline Neuber
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1697
PLACE OF BIRTH Reinsdorf (Saxony)
DATE OF DEATH 1759
Place of death Dresden