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Mathieu Pfeil (born March 22, 1862 in Cologne , † September 14, 1939 in Zurich ) was a German theater actor .
Life
Pfeil was already on stage as a 16-year-old, in the role of a private in Schiller's drama Wallenstein's Death . He was a member of the Royal Theater and the Lessing Theater , which was destroyed in April 1945 .
In the 1901/02 season Mathieu Pfeil moved from Berlin to the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt . In a criticism of the Frankfurter Zeitung of March 28, 1904, it says: “Herr Pfeil (Colonel) and [...] got out of their roles what could only be gotten out, and with their efficient achievements they achieved the comedy a success that was otherwise not for him would have been granted ”. In 1919 Mathieu Pfeil founded the Frankfurt drama school with Hans Nerking , which he headed for several years.
Pfeil is an honorary member of the Frankfurt City Theaters and is buried in a city grave of honor at the Eschersheim cemetery.
literature
- Albert Richard Mohr : Das Frankfurter Schauspiel: 1929-1944. A documentation on the history of theater with contemporary reports and pictures. Waldemar Kramer Verlag, 1974, ISBN 3782901533
- Bettina Schältke: Theater or Propaganda? The municipal theaters of Frankfurt am Main 1933-1945 , issue 40 of Studies on Frankfurt History, Verlag Waldemar Kramer, 1997, ISBN 3782904648
- Anonymous: "A masterful speaker". Article about Pfeil's life, in: Frankfurter Rundschau , July 24, 2010.
Web links
- Half-length portrait from 1920 (portrait collection Friedrich Nicolas Manskopf )
- Mathieu arrow in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arrow, Mathieu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1939 |
| Place of death | Zurich |