Margarete Langkammer
Margarete Langkammer , also Margarethe Langkammer , pseudonym Richard Nordmann (* August 18, 1866 in Vienna as Marianna Margaretha Kolberg ; † October 5, 1922 there ) was a German actress and writer .
Life
After her education in a Munich boarding school, she married the actor and playwright Karl Langkammer in 1883 . From 1885 on, she undertook a two-year tour of America with him, performing at the McVickers Theater in Chicago as a soubrette in antics and operettas.
In 1889/90 she played in the Munich ensemble and then in Kassel . After a guest performance in Leipzig , she turned down an engagement at the German Volkstheater in Vienna and in future only worked in literature.
She wrote for the Wiener Extrablatt, the Neue Wiener Tageblatt and the Neue Freie Presse . Under the pseudonym Richard Nordmann she wrote socially critical plays, later she also wrote short stories. In 1904 she received the Bauernfeld Prize for her countess novel . After revealing her true identity as the author, her sole authorship has been partially questioned.
Works
- 1893: Fallen Angels. A piece from popular life in three acts
- 1895: The surplus. A play from popular life in 4 acts
- 1902: The blue arch. A play from popular life in 4 acts
- 1902: A countess novel
- 1904: the feminine forever. Novellas
- 1914: people of yesterday. Novellas
- 1921: The dance master and other old Viennese stories
- Half people. Comedy in 3 acts
literature
- Lining: long chamber, Marianna Margaretha. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 10 f. (Direct links on p. 10 , p. 11 ).
Web links
- Margarete Langkammer in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Long chamber, Margarete |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nordmann, Richard (pseudonym); Langkammer, Margarethe; Kolberg, Marianna Margaretha (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1922 |
| Place of death | Vienna |