Rudolf von Geyer-Geyersperg
Knight Rudolf von Geyer-Geyersperg , pseudonym : Rudolf Angely-Geyer , (born January 11, 1879 in Groß-Kanisza , Kingdom of Hungary ; died October 13, 1960 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actor , director , playwright and dramaturge .
Life
He comes from an Austrian noble family who originally came from Franconia and assumed that he was descended from the robber baron Florian Geyer on his father's side .
Rudolf Ritter von Geyer-Geyersperg was the son of the railway official Josef Ritter von Geyer-Geyersperg and his wife Marie nee Ledel and grew up in relatively modest circumstances. After attending primary school and a class at the community school, he completed a four-year locksmith apprenticeship in Vienna. He became interested in literature and art at an early age and therefore attended the Otto Theater School in Vienna, where he played mainly roles in the field of youthful heroism in Austria, Germany and America. He also works as a dramaturge and director. In 1904 he founded and directed the Friedrich Schiller Theater, a practice stage for dramatic art. The founding of the theater newspaper Thalia in 1905 can also be traced back to him. His acting training he interrupted to at the Vienna University for Dr. phil. to do a PhD.
Rudolf Ritter von Geyer-Geyersperg took part in the First World War in Serbia. After returning to Vienna in 1920 he took over the management of the Vienna stage school and the Heros book and music publisher. He has written numerous popular plays. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Works (selection)
- The automat , 1904.
- Mondaine (comedy), 1904.
- (with Fritz Michael): Found Harbor (play), 1905.
- Tieflandmänner , Vienna, Amonesta, [1914].
- Vitalis , Vienna, Vienensia-Verlag, [1930].
literature
- Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present , Vol. 1, 6th edition, Leipzig, 1913, p. 64.
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 25.
- Handbook of Austrian Authors of Jewish Origin, 18th to 20th Century , 2011, p. 416.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Geyer was a Geyer von Giebelstadt . There are at least five noble families Geier / Geyr. The Geyer von Geyersperg are of a different sex.
- ↑ In Degeners Who is it? he had it entered that his father was a landowner and that he had graduated from high school, but Franz Brümmer published the above biographical information in 1913.
- ^ Rudolf Geyer in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geyer-Geyersperg, Rudolf von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Angely-Geyer, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor, director, playwright and dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greater Kanisza , Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1960 |
| Place of death | Vienna |