Margarethe Flössel

Margarethe Flössel (around 1865 in Dresden - after 1888) was a German theater actress .

Life

After her confirmation, Flössel made the decision to become an actress. Since her family was far removed from the theater, she was very surprised about the career choice. At first she was only supported by her father, who wanted to see her on his own, while the relatives were less enthusiastic, until her mother also accepted it, as it was her daughter's favorite wish.

She took lessons with Ernst Winger , which lasted two years and were often interrupted because she was of very poor health .

Chance helped her in the search for her first engagement: during a country outing with her family, she met a friend who was also going on an excursion with her uncle Emil Pohl , theater director of the Stadttheater Bremen, in a seaside resort near Dresden. When he heard that she was training for the theater, he asked her to read a few things to him. Obviously to his satisfaction, because he immediately engaged her.

In September 1880 she made her debut in a tiny role, as she had to play everything from an early age. She played everything: large and small roles and all subjects almost every evening. So she acquired the necessary stage routine. In Bremen she lived with Max Grube . During the following four months of summer vacation, with the support of her colleague Karl Löber, she was given an engagement in Ems, where she often played for the Kaiser.

In September 1881 she returned to Bremen for the winter. Although she wanted to keep Pohl and was sorry because he had taken her in like a daughter (she went to his house and got to know the painter Arthur Fitger and the writer Heinrich Bulthaupt , among others ), she still signed in November 1881 a three-year contract at the Dresden court theater, at the instigation of Albrecht Marcks , who saw her as “Clärchen” in Adelaide and kept her in memory.

On May 1, 1882, she made her debut in Dresden as "Elsa" in War and Peace . Her three-year contract was followed by a two-year contract, which in turn was followed by a five-year contract, with always more favorable conditions and pension entitlement.

Her life after 1888 is unknown.

literature

• Adolph Kohut : The Dresden Court Theater in the Present . E. Pierson's Publishing House. Dresden & Leipzig 1888, p. 44 f., ( Digitized ).