Theodor Steiner
Theodor Steiner (born March 5, 1905 in Berlin , † June 3, 1970 in Vienna ) was a German radio play director .
Life
Theodor Steiner was the son of Jewish parents, Géza and Anna Steiner, who came from Hungary and lived in Berlin. He studied singing at the Berlin State University of Music with Prof. Oskar Daniel and at the end of 1927, together with Harry Frommermann, became the intellectual creator and founder of the Melody Makers, the later Comedian Harmonists . However, he resigned in May 1928 and found engagements as a singer (baritone) in Königsberg and Hamburg, where he continued to work until 1934, when he then emigrated to St. Gallen in Switzerland . In 1946 he returned and got a chance as a guest director at Radio Frankfurt.
He staged various radio plays, in particular The Last Days of Mankind (author: Karl Kraus ) in the adaptation of Stephan Hermlin (production: Radio Frankfurt, 1947) and was directly appointed senior director and head of the radio play department and later for training. He also performed magic on the transmitter for the remake of the first German radio play . Attempt at a broadcast game grotesque direction. The piece was written in 1924 by the artistic director of the Südwestdeutsche Rundfunkdienst AG in Frankfurt and later director of the Berlin radio hour, Hans Flesch , and was re-produced in 1962 under Steiner's direction at the Hessischer Rundfunk .
In the Hessian Radio recorded in 1965 TV movie Dr. Murke's collected obituaries after Heinrich Böll , Steiner made a brief appearance.
In 1950 Steiner joined the Masonic lodge "Socrates for steadfastness" in Frankfurt. In late 1966 he suffered a heart attack .
Theodor Steiner died on June 3, 1970 in Vienna.
Radio plays (selection)
- 1946: The lampshade (Author: Curt Goetz )
- 1947: The last days of mankind (Author: Karl Kraus )
- 1947: The Talmud
- 1948: Angelica
- 1948: The bare life
- 1949: The Salzburg Great World Theater (Author: Hugo von Hofmannsthal )
- 1949: The trip to Dieppe
- 1950: Messrs. Smith
- 1950: Next please
- 1950: The Emperor of Portugal (Author: Selma Lagerlöf )
- 1951: Anatol (author: Arthur Schnitzler ) - directed together with Karlheinz Schilling
- 1951: The robbery of the Sabine women (authors: Franz and Paul von Schönthan )
- 1952: Caesar and Cleopatra (Author: George Bernard Shaw )
- 1952: The Berczaba Bridge (Author: Heinrich Böll )
- 1952: Kaspar Hauser (author: Kurd E. Heyne )
- 1953: Voices of the city
- 1953: The Idiot (Author: Fyodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski )
- 1955: Bismarck's fall
- 1955: The voice from the abyss
- 1955: The Portrait of Dorian Gray (Author: Oscar Wilde )
- 1955: Candide or The Best of All Worlds (Author: Voltaire )
- 1955: Antigone (Author: Jean Anouilh )
- 1956: Ahasver (Author: Walter Jens )
- 1956: The horses at Elsenhöhe
- 1956: When the doors close
- 1957: Witches can't be killed (Author: Hans Daiber )
- 1957: Letters to Lucerne (as speaker) - Director: Ulrich Lauterbach
- 1958: The Adventures of Paulette
- 1959: Amoureuse
- 1960: Wishes or fairy tales in the Arabian Gulf
- 1960: Dangerous Truth
- 1961: The Duchess of Langeais (Author: Jean Giraudoux )
- 1962: Magic on the transmitter
- 1962: Train 56
- 1966: The eagle owl and the cat
- 1967: The Thought Collector
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Theodor Steiner on comedian-harmonists.net
- ↑ a b c d e OTRS-Ticket # 2020072610006412 (handwritten curriculum vitae of Theodor Steiner)
- ↑ Dr. Murks collected obituaries on krimiserien.heimat.eu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiner, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radio play director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 1970 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |