Margarete Benda

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Margarete Benda , actually Margaretha Benda , b. Margaretha Remmert (* in Groß Schwein near Glogau , Silesia ; † 1940 in Neuses-Coburg ) was a German writer and actress.

Life

She was born in the village of Groß Schwein as the daughter of the landowner Otto Remmert and his wife Elwiene. Her sister was the well-known pianist and Liszt student Martha Remmert (1853–1941). She trained as an actress and debuted under the guidance of her mentor Otto Devrient at the Court Theater in Weimar . She married the actor and writer Oskar Benda (1845–1915). Both played at the Oldenburg court theater for four years from 1884 . In 1888 Margarete Benda went to the Deutsche Theater Berlin . Although she had received an engagement for six years, she had to leave the stage in 1889 due to a nervous problem. She returned to her husband, who was now head of the court theaters in Coburg and Gotha . She subsequently appeared in guest performances on the stage of both theaters.

Benda had already published stories in the Berliner Bürgerzeitung as a teenager . Around 1900 she finally devoted herself to drama and published, among other things, the one-act play Auf dem Fahrrade in 1896 , which was performed in Coburg, Gotha and Eisenach , among others .

House in Neuses, Glender Strasse 2

Benda died in Neuses in 1940 and was buried in the Neuses cemetery. Her grave has not been preserved.

Works

  • 1896: On the bike (one-act play)
  • 1903: The three roses (magic fairy tale, with music by Johann Döbber)

literature

  • Benda, Margarete . In: Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 1. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, p. 176.
  • Benda, Margarete . In: Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , (Repertories on the History of German Literature 9), p. 20.
  • Benda, Mrs. Margarete . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 481 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary for her husband Oskar Benda in the Coburger Zeitung of February 7, 1915, Margaretha is written here
  2. ↑ Helke Renner: Where is Martha Remmert buried? In: Coburger Tageblatt from 14./15. July 2012, p. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Benda, Margarete
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benda, Margaretha (real name); Remmert, Margaretha (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Big pig near Glogau , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH 1940
Place of death Neuses-Coburg