Rudolf Kneisel

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Rudolf Kneisel

Rudolf Kneisel (born May 8, 1832 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † September 17, 1899 in Pankow ) was a German actor and playwright.

Life

As the son of the actors Wilhelm and Mathilde Kneisel, who were members of Heinrich Eduard Bethmann's traveling theater , Rudolf Kneisel came into contact with acting at an early age. In 1845 he made his first appearances in Magdeburg . After engagements in Dresden , Altona and Flensburg , he worked as a director and dramaturge at the Magdeburg City Theater from 1857. From 1859 Kneisel was a member of the Dresden Volks- und Familienbühne . In 1861 he became director of a traveling theater and toured the provinces of Hanover and Saxony until 1886 . He spent the last years of his life in Pankow near Berlin under poor conditions, although the Berlin comedian Franz Guthery organized a - poorly - collection for him as a member of the large "Berliner Presse" association. Until his death he wrote over 50 pieces.

Works (selection)

  • The musician's songs . Bloch, Berlin 1865 (further edition 1924)
  • The town musician and his band . Folk piece with singing in 5 acts. Kühling, Berlin 1872
  • Belial's daughter . Competition prize comedy in 5 acts. Berlin, 1872. (A. Kühlings Volks-Schaubühne No. 3)
  • The "anti-Xantippe" , or: war against women! Original comedy in 5 acts. Berlin, 1872
  • Gretchen's hen party . Original Schwank in 5 acts. Berlin, 1873
  • A German girl in Alsace . Original comedy in 5 acts. Kühling, Berlin 1874
  • Dear uncle . Stagger in 4 lifts. Berlin, 1874. (A. Kühlings Volks-Schaubühne No. 12)
  • The bad lady . Original drama in 5 acts. Berlin 1874
  • Blind cow . Comedy in 3 acts Berlin 1875, set to music by Johann Strauss (son) as an operetta under the same title
  • Emma's novel . Original comedy in four acts. Mutze, Leipzig 1878
  • Blindman's Buff. Operetta in 3 acts. Music: Jhann Strauss. Cranz, Leipzig 1880.
  • His only poem . Original comedy in 3 acts. Berlin 1883. (A. Kühlings Volks-Schaubühne No. 67)
  • Desdemona's handkerchief. Wavering in four acts. Bloch, Berlin 1887
  • Papageno . Posse in 4 acts. Berlin, 1887
  • Thimble . Dramatic fairy tale with song and dance in 3 sections or 5 pictures. Bloch, Hamburg 1888
  • The artificial bacillus . Sway. Bloch, Berlin 1891
  • The stand up . Comedy in four acts. Reclam, Leipzig 1894
  • The blessed bladder . Original farce with singing in 2 acts (4 pictures) and a foreplay. Bloch, Berlin 1898. (Eduard Bloch's Volks-Theater No. 60)
  • Chemistry for marriage . Original sway in three acts. Reclam, Leipzig 1894

literature

  • Ludwig Julius Fränkel:  Kneisel, Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 252-255.
  • Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers of the 19th century, Volume 2, p. 305

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personal data
SURNAME Kneisel, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1899
Place of death Pankow