Johann Wenzel Lembert
Johann Wenzel Lembert , actually Wenzel Treml (born March 21, 1779 in Prague , † July 4, 1851 in Mödling ) was an Austrian playwright and court actor.
Life
Wenzel Treml began studying law at the Charles University in Prague , which he broke off to devote himself entirely to the stage. In 1800 he joined a troupe of traveling actors under the name Johann Wenzel Lembert. He played his first role in Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains , where he made his debut in the comedy Armuth und Edelsinn . After a few years on small provincial stages, he met the then famous actress Friederike Bethmann-Unzelmann (1760–1815) in Stettin , who asked him to develop his talent and look around for engagement at a larger theater. Because of their protection, Lembert was engaged at the Theater auf dem Lincke'schen Bad in 1805 and from there appointed to the royal court theater in Stuttgart in 1807 . It was there that the kk court theater secretary Joseph Schreyvogel discovered him and his wife in 1817 and brought Lembert to the Vienna court theater and his wife as an opera singer at the Theater am Kärntnertor .
Lembert's first role in Vienna was that of Philipp Brock in Ernst Raupach's Vormund und Mündel, and he received a lifelong position. He played himself until 1833 and then became chief inspector on this stage . At that time he was already a well-known and popular playwright, who wrote some popular plays as well as theoretical works on theater work.
From 1836 Lembert published the entertainment paper Der Telegraph, the Austrian conversation paper for art, literature, theater, daily events, industry and factories , since 1838 under the title Der Wiener Telegraph .
Works (excerpt)
Plays:
- King Stanislaus or List and Love (1812), comedy based on Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval
- Ränke und Schwänke (1813), comedy
- The wedding ring (1813), play
- The Poet and the Actor or The Comedy in Comedy (1813), comedy based on Emmanuel Dupaty
- The Papa and His Little Son (1813), comedy
- The choice of the bride (1821), comedy based on Louis-Benoît Picard
- The public secret. Based on the Spanish by Calderon (1824), comedy; it apparently remained with the stage manuscript
- Thirty Years from the Life of a Player (1827), Melodrama after Trente ans, ou la vie d'un joueur by Victor Henri Joseph Brahain Ducange
Fonts:
- Paperback for actors and actor friends (1816–1823), a series of writings together with Carl Carl
- Historical sketch of the Imperial and Royal Court Theater in Vienna, with special emphasis on the German Drama (1833)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lembert, Wenzel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 349–352 ( digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Johann Wenzel Lembert . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 592 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon . Volume 4: Singer – Tzschoppe . Saur, Bern / Munich 1998, ISBN 3-907820-30-4 , p. 2644 f.
- E. Offenthaler: Tremler, Wenzel . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Wenzel Lembert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Wenzel Lembert in the German Digital Library
- Works in the Munich Digitization Center
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lembert's arrangement served Johann Nestroy as a model for his play Thirty Years from the Life of a Rag .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lembert, Johann Wenzel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tremler, Wenzel (real name); Treml, Wenceslaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian playwright and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1851 |
| Place of death | Mödling |