Michael Daniel Treu

Michael Daniel Treu (* around 1634 ; † March 22, 1708 in Munich ) was a German theater director and principal.

Life

Michael Daniel Treu must have been born around the year 1634; he was first mentioned in a document in 1666 when he asked the Lüneburg magistrate for permission to play . Before that, he is said to have stayed at the Danish court for a few years. In 1669 Treu went to Munich, where he performed nineteen pieces, twelve of them in the residence and seven in the electoral pleasure palace in Dachau . After Treus and his wife Maria Clara liked the performances, attempts were made to bind his company to Munich by accommodating the individual members of the court or providing them with “waiting money” until a promised position became available. Treu was guaranteed an annual salary of 300 guilders in two electoral decrees. To be able to enter the Bavarian service, Treu had to convert to the Catholic denomination. Treu did not limit his acting activities to the court, but also appeared in performances for the citizens in the large hall of the old town hall. At court, Treu competed with French and Italian actors' troops, which did not change the fact that his troupe was frequently used between 1677 and 1687. The residence of Elector Maximilian Emanuel II in Brussels as well as the increasing financial difficulties in Bavaria, however, gradually pushed the demand for theatrical performances into the background. Treu's wife died on September 12, 1690. Treu himself spent the last phase of his life in extreme misery after his income had been cut significantly. After his death on March 22nd, 1708 he was buried at the Sanct Petri cemetery next to the Kreuzkirche .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Trautmann: German actors at the Bavarian court. In: Jahrbuch für Münchener Geschichte, Vol. 3, 1889, pp. 259-430, here pp. 300-318 ( digitized version ).
2. ^ Hermann Arthur Lier :  Treu . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 579 f.