Otto Lehfeld
Otto Lehfeld (born February 3, 1825 in Breslau , † November 23, 1885 in Weimar ) was a German theater actor .
Life
Lehfeld was the son of a lieutenant. He attended high school in Breslau and was supposed to study medicine, but he joined a traveling group of actors. Franz Dingelstedt brought him to the Munich court stage, where he stayed for a year. Then he played on different stages, partly as a guest, partly in short-term engagements. It was not until 1861 that he accepted an engagement at the Weimar Court Theater and stayed there until 1871, when he was retired due to increasing deafness. Lehfeld was considered an excellent actor who was particularly popular with the audience in the Shakespeare roles of King Lear, Macbeth, Richard III, Shylock, Coriolan and Othello. He died in Weimar in 1885.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Otto Lehfeld . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 584–585 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Hermann Arthur Lier : Lehfeld, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 611 f.
- Max Martersteig: The German Theater in the Nineteenth Century. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1904, p. 456.
Web links
- Otto Lehfeld in the German biography
- Lehfeld in the Shakespeare album of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eisenberg gives 1827 as the year of birth
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehfeld, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1885 |
| Place of death | Weimar |