Karl Tuschl

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Karl Tuschl (born October 14, 1858 in Vienna ; † November 21, 1943 there ; also Carl Tuschl ) was an Austrian actor , director and theater director .

Life

Karl Tuschl was the son of a businessman. He already played as a child actor in the Theater an der Wien . He began his professional stage career as an actor in 1880 in the New World establishment in Hietzing . He played in the German Empire , including in Berlin , and from 1886 in the Graz City Theater .

Soon afterwards Tuschl returned to Vienna. First at the Carltheater , then at the Theater in der Josefstadt , he made a name for himself as a character comedian . At the beginning of the 20th century he worked as an actor and director in Gabor Steiner's stages, Danzer's Orpheum and the summer theater in the Kaisergarten . There he played one of his most famous roles, the "Knickebein" in the operetta Spring Air . In 1907 Tuschl took over the management of Danzer's Orpheum for some time from Steiner. Wilhelm Karczag engaged the actor and director in 1913 at the Theater an der Wien. Tuschl worked there until 1935.

He died eight years later at the age of 85 after a brief illness and was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery . In 1959, Tuschlgasse in Vienna- Inzersdorf was named after him.

literature

  • Tuschl Karl . In: Ludwig Eisenberg's Large Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the XIX. Century . Paul List Publishing House, Leipzig 1903, p. 1054 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The comedian Karl Tuschl died. In:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition) , November 23, 1943, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg
  2. ↑ Fifty years of acting. Karl Tuschl as a jubilee at the Theater an der Wien. In:  Freedom! , January 16, 1930, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dfr
  3. ↑ From the theater. In:  Grazer Volksblatt , August 15, 1886, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / gre
  4. ^ Reopening of Danzer's Orpheum. In:  Neuigkeits-Welt-Blatt , October 2, 1910, p. 12 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwb
  5. ↑ Theater and Art . In: Der Humorist , August 20, 1913, p. 2 (online at ANNO )
  6. ^ Carl Tuschl (obituary). In:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition) , November 23, 1943, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg
  7. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Tuschlgasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , pp. 493-494 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Tuschl, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tuschl, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1943
Place of death Vienna