Otto Consentius
Rudolf Otto Consentius (born December 25, 1813 in Konitz in West Prussia , † June 13, 1887 in Karlsruhe ) was a German actor and playwright .
Consentius was the son of a customs and tax council. From 1834 he first attended the artillery and engineering school in Berlin as an ensign , but then decided to become an actor. He changed his place of residence several times and became acquainted with Ludwig Tieck in Dresden and with David Friedrich Strauss in Stuttgart . In 1839, under his influence, he wrote his first drama, Jesus . The work was confiscated, publicly burned, and Consentius was imprisoned for three months on the Hohenasperg for blasphemy . In 1843 he was employed as a choir player at the court theater in Karlsruhe , where he later rose to become a character actor with minor roles . In old age he devoted himself to mathematical studies and published some essays on geometry .
Works (selection)
- Jesus, a tragedy , 1840. 331 pages.
- Seals , 1881.
- Dramas: Alboin. Attilla. A dream , 1881. 259 pages.
- The retrograde of space: an error and causes of further errors , 1881. 34 pages.
- Usus est tyrannus or the invalidity of the evidence of retrogression , 1885. 24 pages.
literature
- Ernst Consentius: Consentius, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 515-517.
References
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition, Vol. 2, Saur, Munich 2005, p. 399.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Consentius, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Consentius, Rudolf Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Konitz , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1887 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |