Paul Schlenther

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Paul Schlenther (born August 20, 1854 in Insterburg , East Prussia , † April 30, 1916 in Berlin ) was a German theater critic, writer and theater director.

Life

The son of the pharmacist Emil Schlenther and his wife Leonide geb. Freiin v. Buttlar attended the grammar school in Insterburg and the Kneiphöfische grammar school in Königsberg . He studied German and history under Wilhelm Scherer and Erich Schmidt at the Kaiser Wilhelms University of Strasbourg . He wrote his doctoral thesis on Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched with Adelbert von Keller . In 1880 he was supported by the University of Tübingen to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1881/82 he dealt primarily with literary articles and theater reviews. In 1883/84 he was editor of the Deutsche Literatur-Zeitung . He became known in 1883 with his jubilee review Botho von Hülsen and his people for the general directorship of the royal theaters. He was one of the pioneers of naturalism and from 1886 to 1898 initially a colleague and then successor to Theodor Fontane as a theater critic for the Vossische Zeitung . He was particularly committed to the pieces by Henrik Ibsen and Gerhart Hauptmann . With Otto Brahm , Maximilian Harden and others he founded the Free Stage in 1889 . From 1898 to 1910 Schlenther was director of the Vienna Burgtheater . Here in 1905 he staged a Don Karlos by Friedrich Schiller, which was spread over two evenings . After that he was theater critic for the Berliner Tageblatt until his death from cancer . Paul Schlenther was married to the actress Paula Conrad (1860–1938). His grave is in the urn cemetery on Richtstrasse .

In 1955, Schlenthergasse in Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him.

"In the age of Stangen , a joint trip through Switzerland and Italy, only on Goethe's path, would be ample profit."

- Paul Schlenther

Works

  • Mrs. Gottsched and the bourgeois comedy. A cultural image from the Zopfzeit . Diss. Univ. Tuebingen 1886.
  • Botho von Hülsen and his people . An anniversary review of the Berlin court theater. Berlin, 1883.
  • Why the noise? Genesis of the Free Stage . Fischer, Berlin 1889.
  • Gerhart Hauptmann. Life and works . Fischer, Berlin 1898.
  • The female profession in the theater . Taendler, Berlin 1895.
  • The deeds of the master Josef Lewinsky in the kk Hofburgtheater . Fromme, Vienna 1898.
  • Bernhard Baumeister . Konegen, Vienna 1902.
  • Adolf von Sonnenthal. Fifty years in the Vienna Burgtheater 1856-1906 . Spamer, Leipzig 1906.
  • The Berlin Press Association and its members 1862-1912 . For the 50th anniversary according to the minutes of meetings and annual reports. Bondi, Berlin 1912.
  • Between Lindau and Memel during the war . Fischer, Berlin 1915.
  • Theater in the 19th century . Selected essays on the history of theater. Self-rel. of the Society for Theater History, Berlin 1930.

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personal data
SURNAME Schlenther, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater critic, writer and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Insterburg
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1916
Place of death Berlin