Salon lady

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The saloon lady refers to a female role subject on the theater stage . The role of the salon lady is characterized by a particularly sophisticated elegance in appearance and speech. The salon lady generally represents the “elegant, socially talented, sometimes also scheming lady of the world” on stage.

Since the mid-19th century, the role subject has found particular expression in the French salon plays and salon comedies . Also in the comedies of Oscar Wilde , the type is often represented. In the classical stage repertoire, roles such as Princess Eboli in Don Karlos or Lady Milford in Kabale und Liebe are assigned to the role of the salon lady . In theater practice, there was often a subdivision into the subject of “youthful salon lady” and that of “salon lady”.

The role of the salon lady can also be found in the field of music theater . This applies in particular to most of the specialist roles in the operettas diva , but also to roles in some musicals , such as Iduna Obolski in Fireworks or the title role in Hello, Dolly! .

Up until the middle of the 20th century, the technical term “salon lady” was often found in the engagement and employment contracts of the actresses to outline the role subject and as a basis for any legal disputes, for example before the stage arbitration tribunal . In the 20th century, actresses who represented the role of “saloon lady” included Lil Dagover , Hilde Hildebrand , Gisela Uhlen (especially in the boulevard theater), Adelheid Seeck and Irene Korb , but also Carola Neher , Fita Benkhoff and Ilka Grüning . In Vienna, Susanne von Almassy , Susi Nicoletti and Senta Wengraf played the role of salon lady.

The term “salon lady” has been used beyond the theater in the field of cultural history since the beginning of the early modern era to characterize women who ran literary and artistic salons and who had special skills and talent in the social scope. Lotte Tobisch is the epitome of the Viennese salon lady .

literature

  • Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 (on the roles of actresses).
  • Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): Deutsches Theater Lexikon. Volume III. Pallenberg - Singer. Page 1905 (under: Roll compartment). De Gruyter, Berlin [et al.]. January 1971, ISBN 978-3-907820-29-2 (accessed from De Gruyter Online).
  • Henning Rischbieter (ed.): Theater-Lexikon. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich and Schwäbisch Hall 1983. Sp. 1107. ISBN 3-280-01465-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ salon lady ; Definition at Duden.de . Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ salon lady ; Definition at Wissen.de . Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Gisela Uhlen ; Vita. Film Museum Potsdam . Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ A salon lady from Cottbus ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Portrait. In: Lausitzer Rundschau from September 16, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lr-online.de
  5. ↑ Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 221.
  6. ↑ Lotte Tobisch / Age is not for the unimaginative editorial of the Austrian press office. Retrieved October 13, 2016.