Karl Friedrich Abbot
Karl Friedrich Abt , also Karl Friedrich Abbt , actually Johann Daniel Dettenrieder or GG Dettenrieder (* 1743 in Stuttgart , † November 20, 1783 in Bremen ) was a German theater actor and director .
Life
Abbot began his theater career in southern Germany in 1764 by founding a traveling company with which he traveled through Swabia and Franconia. His wife Felicitas (1746 in Biberach - 1783 in Goettingen), with whom he made Biberach blown , he was also trained as an actress. In 1772 he opened his own stage in The Hague with the support of the court . There he mainly performed German stage plays in translation: Romeo and Juliet by Christian Felix Weisse , Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and others. In 1773 he converted his theater into a traveling stage and traveled through Holland. On his return to Hague, he was ruined by a competitor and moved to Haarlem , where he was supported by friends from Amsterdam . In the following years, Abt moved from place to place with his stage. He stayed in the vicinity of Amsterdam, in Noordholland , but was not allowed to hold any performances in the city itself.
For health reasons he soon had to give up his self-employment and also worked as an actor for private individuals. From 1776 he also lost these orders and moved to Münster with a newly assembled theater company (guest performances in Göttingen , Hanover and Bremen ). After losing his management in Münster (1780), he moved back to the aforementioned cities with a new troop. In Bremen he played from 1780 to 1783 in the Komödienhaus at the Reithaus Am Wall . After his death, the city administration in Bremen took over the care of his family. He was buried in the choir of the Catholic Church of St. Johann in Bremen .
literature
- Robert Blum , Karl Herloßsohn , Hermann Marggraff (eds.): General theater lexicon or encyclopedia of everything worth knowing for stage artists, amateurs and theater fans . 7 volumes, Altenburg a. Leipzig, 1839–1842. 1st edition, first volume, p. 12
- August Förster: Abbot, Karl Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 24 f.
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
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SURNAME | Abbot, Karl Friedrich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abbot, Karl Friedrich; Dettenrieder, Johann Daniel (real name); Dettenrieder, GG |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1743 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1783 |
Place of death | Bremen |