Julie Graebert

Julie Graebert , née Pickenbach, called Mother Graebert , (born April 26, 1803 in Berlin , † January 18, 1870 there ) was a German theater director. From 1855 she headed the Vorstädtisches Theater am Weinbergsweg in Berlin, which had quickly become well-known in the city for its original productions .

Life

In the suburban theater, the former innkeeper Louis Gräbert staged true folk theater with his flair for young actors . After the death of her husband, the widow Julie Gräbert took over the suburban stage and restaurant. While she left the artistic direction to competent people, she ran the bar on her own. In order to increase sales, she made sure that the wheat beer offered during the breaks and the ham and lard stulls that had been prepared had been sold before the theater continued. This meant that the performances could drag on quite a bit. With the courageous way she treated her guests and ensured business success, Julie Gräbert made a name for herself as a popular Berlin original . After her death, she was buried in the St. Elisabeth cemetery in Ackerstrasse, with great sympathy among the population .

Author Curth Flatow created an artistic monument for Julie Gräbert with his play Mother Gräbert macht Theater . It is a Singspiel for which Heinrich Riethmüller composed the music and which premiered in 2002 in the Berlin Theater on Kurfürstendamm with Edith Hancke in the leading role.

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Individual evidence

↑ Meyers Kleines Konversationslexikon . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna, 7th edition, 1908–1910, Volume 3, p. 238.
↑ Bodo Harenberg (Ed.): Die Chronik Berlins ; Chronik-Verlag, Dortmund 1986, ISBN 3-88379-082-6 , p. 219.
^ Julius Rodenberg: Pictures from life in Berlin . Edited by Gisela Lüttig. With an afterword by Heinz Knobloch. Berlin: Rütten & Loening 1987 ISBN 3-352-00072-7 , chapter: The north of Berlin (May 1884).

personal data
SURNAME	Digs, Julie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mother Graves (nickname); Pickenbach, Julie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater director and Berlin original
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	January 18, 1870
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Meyers Kleines Konversationslexikon . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna, 7th edition, 1908–1910, Volume 3, p. 238.

[2] Bodo Harenberg (Ed.): Die Chronik Berlins ; Chronik-Verlag, Dortmund 1986, ISBN 3-88379-082-6 , p. 219.

[3] Julius Rodenberg: Pictures from life in Berlin . Edited by Gisela Lüttig. With an afterword by Heinz Knobloch. Berlin: Rütten & Loening 1987 ISBN 3-352-00072-7 , chapter: The north of Berlin (May 1884).