Paul Kalbeck

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Paul Johannes Kalbeck (born July 15, 1884 in Obernigk , Silesia, † November 5, 1949 in Bern ) was an actor, director and writer.

Life

Kalbeck was the son of the German music writer Max Kalbeck . His godfather was Johannes Brahms . Born in Prussian Silesia, he grew up in Vienna . From 1905 he studied drama with Alexander Roempler and Ferdinand Gregori at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde . Kalbeck also had engagements from 1905 in Meiningen and Kattowitz , but also in Bremen , Berlin and Dessau . From 1917 Kalbeck also worked as a director. In 1916 he married the actress Helene Thimig , from whom he was divorced in 1918. In 1919 he married the daughter of the industrialist Isidor Mautner , Marie .

With Helene's brother Hans Thimig , he founded the New School for Dramatic Lessons in 1923 , from which the Reinhardt Seminar emerged in 1929 . From 1923 to 1938 Kalbeck was also a director at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Kalbeck received the title of professor in 1936 , but was dismissed from the theater after the Anschluss . While his wife fled to England, he emigrated to Switzerland with their son Florian Kalbeck .

From Switzerland he tried in vain to obtain an entry visa to the USA. In 1942 he became senior director in Bern. After the war he returned to Josefstadt as a guest director. In 1949 he was still director of the drama seminar at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He died in November.

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SURNAME Kalbeck, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kalbeck, Paul Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Actor, director and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Obernigk
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 1949
Place of death Bern