Leonhard Meck
Johann Leonhard Meck (born July 7, 1787 in Fürth ; † January 18, 1861 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German actor and theater director .
Life
At a young age, Meck discovered his preference for the theater . However, following the wishes of his parents, he learned the trade in Regensburg. On the side he tried out his acting talent on a lovers stage. The Regensburg theater director Ignatz Walter finally offered Meck a permanent engagement, which took him to a city stage for the first time on April 4, 1809. At the end of 1809, Meck left Regensburg and went on a journey through various provincial theaters. After a long time in Nuremberg he got a permanent engagement again in 1813 and stayed until 1817. During this time he was also very involved in building up the Fürth theater and met his wife Friederike Böttiger, with whom he then went to Hamburg and Bremen, where he directed himself for the first time before he played at the Braunschweig Theater from 1819 to 1826. At the same time he shone on various stages in his guest roles, so that after his time in Braunschweig he was entrusted with the artistic direction of the Magdeburg stage.
Frankfurt time
After a stopover in Kassel, Meck made his debut on November 9, 1830 in the Frankfurt theater. He remained loyal to this theater until he left the stage and took over the management of the theater in 1839, from 1842 together with Messrs. Guhr and Malß , from 1848 with Julius Mühling and from 1852 until he left the management in 1853 with Hoffmann. On November 9, 1855, Meck celebrated his 25th anniversary on the Frankfurt stage and on April 4, 1859, on the day of his 50th stage anniversary, Meck said goodbye to his Frankfurt stage audience. He died on January 18, 1861.
Theater roles
From the very beginning of his acting, Leonhard Meck liked to take the subject of comic elderly / fatherly roles. In this subject he thrilled his audience and was one of the most famous character actors of his time. His art of representation was attributed to the so-called Schröder School . He was on stage with many well-known artists at the time, including Karoline Lindner , Samuel Friedrich Hassel and Karl Seydelmann .
A selection of his roles:
- The general (" Hermann and Dorothea ", Goethe)
- Village judge Adam (" The Broken Jug ", by Kleist)
- Lorenz Kindlein ("The poor poet", from Kotzebue)
- Vetter Siegel ("The Vetter", Benedix)
- Carl ("Das Rätzel", lion)
- Sappho (" Sappho (Grillparzer) ", Grillparzer)
- Strobel ("Mossy Main", Benedix)
- Head forester ("Die Jäger", Iffland)
- Miller (" Cabal and Love ", Schiller)
- Rath Presser ("He has to go to the country", Bayard )
- Bansen ("Egmond")
- Commissionsrath Zucker ("The Ball at Ellerbrunn", Blum )
- Camillo Rota (" Emilia Galotti ", Lessing)
- Just (" Minna von Barnhelm ", Lessing)
- Richard Wanderer ("Richards Wanderleben", Kettel)
- Councilor Herbert ("Wollmarkt", Clauren )
- Lorenz Stark ("Lorenz Stark", based on JJ Engel character painting)
- War Council Dallner ("compulsory service", Iffland)
- Master carpenter Klarenbach ("The Advocates", Iffland )
- Thomas Hild ("Garrick in Bristol", Deinhardstein )
Works
- Meck's comedies and poems in Nuremberg dialect. Nuremberg, 1816.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz Eduard Hysel: The theater in Nuremberg from 1612 to 1863, together with an appendix on the theater in Fürth. 1863, p. 504 ff
- ^ Anton Heinrich Emil von Oven : The first municipal theater in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main 1872, p. 56 ff .
- ^ A. Heinrich: Leonhard Meck and his twenty-five-year service anniversary at the Frankfurt Theater. in: A. Heinrich: Deutscher Bühnenalmanach. 1857, p.108 ff
- ^ Anton Heinrich Emil von Oven : The first municipal theater in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main 1872, p. 56 ff .
Secondary literature
- Georg Wüstendörfer: biography of the famous actor and long-time director of the Stadttheater zu Franckfurt a. M. Mr. Johann Leonhard Meck. 1887
- Franz Eduard Hysel: The theater in Nuremberg from 1612 to 1863 together with an appendix about the theater in Fürth. Nuremberg 1863
- A. Heinrich (Ed.): Deutscher Bühnenalmanach. , Twenty-first year, Berlin 1857
- L. Schneider (Ed.): Deutscher Bühnenalmanach. , Twenty-fourth year, Berlin 1860
- Flüggen, Ottmar G .: Biographical stage lexicon of the German theaters from the beginning of German drama to the present
- Emil von Oven : The first municipal theater in Frankfurt am Main , Frankfurt am Main 1872
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meck, Leonhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meck, Johann Leonhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuerth |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1861 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |