Marie Clauer

Marie Clauer , née Marie de Bruin (also Klauer ; * 1816 in Munich ; † August 2, 1840 ibid) was a German theater actress .

Life

Clauer, who originally wanted to become a teacher and also trained in it, was persuaded by Sophie Schröder to devote herself to the acting profession . Against her father's wishes, she gave up teaching and made serious preparations for her new career.

On September 11, 1833, she made her debut as "Hedwig" in Theodor Körner's play. The attempt succeeded. The audience liked it and was greatly encouraged by the poet Eduard von Schenk , who supported the young artist in her efforts with advice and action. The teachings of the great tragedy Schröder had a visible effect and she made ever greater progress. In 1835 she left Regensburg to play in Koblenz for a few months, then became a member of the theaters in Cologne, Aachen, Hamburg and Schwerin, where she worked to the particular satisfaction of the court and the public.

In the meantime the artist had married the reindeer Arthur Clauer from Aachen, with whom she had a very happy marriage. Since her engagement in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the artist has not entered into any permanent commitments, but has made guest appearances in Hamburg, Leipzig, Dresden, Munich, Berlin, everywhere paid a tribute.

During her stay in her hometown she was attacked by an illness to which she initially attached no particular importance and died there on August 2, 1840.

Clauer's talent enabled her to create tragic characters and she performed excellently as "Maria Stuart", "Griseldis", "Gretchen" and "Klärchen" as well as "Louise" and "Käthchen". She also appeared remarkable in the comedy and remained her favorite role for the “Parisian good-for-nothing”.

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 159 (digitized version) as “Marie Clauer” and p. 510 (digitized version) as “Marie Klauer”.
Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon . Biographical and bibliographical manual. Volume II 227, 408.

Individual evidence

↑ Unified spelling of the surname. In the original: "... with the reindeer Arthur Klauer from Aachen". ( Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century. P. 510.)

personal data
SURNAME	Clauer, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bruin, Marie de (maiden name); Klauer, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH	1816
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	August 2, 1840
Place of death	Munich

[1] Unified spelling of the surname. In the original: "... with the reindeer Arthur Klauer from Aachen". ( Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century. P. 510.)