Julius Steiner (actor)
Julius Steiner (born July 31, 1816 in Charlottenburg ; † May 5, 1889 in Schwerin ) was an actor, director and later director of the court theater in Schwerin.
life and work
Julius Steiner was the son of the Prussian court gardener Georg Steiner (1774–1834), who headed the royal garden administration of Charlottenburg . Julius Steiner grew up there and first learned to be a court gardener like his father. Through intensive contacts with the artists of the court theater, he stood on stage for the first time in Krefeld at the age of 26 after studying at Berlin University.
Julius Steiner's career as a theater director in Lübeck (1842–49) was shown in his autobiography (see literature). Initially playing in traveling theaters, he came to Lübeck via the city theaters in Bamberg and Nuremberg, where he was theater director during the revolutionary year of 1848–1849 has been. In this phase he wrote his critical work on the theater of Vormärz: " On the reorganization of the theater situation " (Bremen 1849, see literature).
After stints in Magdeburg and Dessau, Julius Steiner was appointed technical director and senior director at the Schwerin court theater in 1855, where he was court theater director from 1863 to 1883.
literature
- Clemens Alexander Wimmer: From the memoirs of the theater director Julius Steiner (1816-1889) . In: Yearbook "The Bear of Berlin", ed. v. Association for the history of Berlin . 35th year, Berlin 1986, pp. 45-69.
- Second part of Julius Steiner's memoirs: Theater Years 1842-1849 (full text; PDF; 148 kB)
- Julius Steiner: On the reorganization of the theater situation . E. Hampe, Bremen 1849. ( Digitized on the reorganization of the theater conditions ).
- Theater conditions in Vormärz . Yearbook Forum Vormärz research, edited by Maria Porrmann and Florian Vaßen. Vol. 7 (2001). ( Review ).
Web links
- Literature about Julius Steiner in the state bibliography MV
- History of the Theater zu Lübeck 1848-49 , there page 146
- Helene Tank: History of the Schwerin Court Theater 1855-1882. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . Volume 88 (1924), pp. 59–110 ( full text )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Not: July 20th, not: August 1st.
- ↑ http://www.hartmutstein.com/theater.html Schwerin
- ↑ See Helene Tank: History of the Schwerin Court Theater 1855-1882. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . Volume 88 (1924), pp. 59–110 [here p. 62] ( full text )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiner, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, director and court theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1889 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |