Otto Will-Rasing

Otto Will-Rasing, at his desk, 1969

Otto Will-Rasing (born January 4, 1901 in Münster , † November 3, 1979 in Detmold ) was a German actor and theater director.

Life

From 1919 Will-Rasing appeared as an actor on smaller stages in Magdeburg, Bunzlau, Grünberg, Mönchengladbach, Wismar, Köthen, Stralsund, Mühlhausen / Thür. and Wernigerode. The dramaturge Emil Becker brought him to the Landestheater Detmold in 1926 . When Becker died in 1934, Will-Rasing was his successor. From 1934 until it was closed on September 1, 1944, Rasing was the director of the Detmold State Theater. Rasing joined the NSDAP in 1939 and was cultural advisor for the local SA . The behavior of the artistic director during the Nazi era was described as "largely in line with the system". From 1949 to 1969 Rasing was again director of the State Theater.

Honors

1969: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Theaterverein Detmold (ed.): Review of the life of an artistic director (Otto Will-Rasing). - Detmold, 48 pages, approx. 1969
Hans Georg Peters: From the court theater to the state theater (= Volume 1 of Lippische Studien) - Landesverband Lippe, 1972, pp. 205-306

Web links

Commons : Otto Will-Rasing - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Entries in the regional documentation in the Lippische Landesbibliothek
↑ Michael Dahl: Always a feast for mind and senses! 100 years of the Detmold State Theater . Ed .: Landestheater Detmold and Theater der Zeit. Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-95749-237-1 , "The theater has become a matter for the people." History of the Landestheater from 1919 to 2019, p. 60 .

personal data
SURNAME	Will-Rasing, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH	January 4, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Muenster
DATE OF DEATH	3rd November 1979
Place of death	Detmold

[1] Entries in the regional documentation in the Lippische Landesbibliothek

[100Jare-2] Michael Dahl: Always a feast for mind and senses! 100 years of the Detmold State Theater . Ed .: Landestheater Detmold and Theater der Zeit. Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-95749-237-1 , "The theater has become a matter for the people." History of the Landestheater from 1919 to 2019, p. 60 .