Wilhelm Bröckelmann (actor, 1749)

Wilhelm Bröckelmann ( 1749 in Kassel - September 1807 in Lübeck ) was a German theater actor , comedian and playwright .

Life

He went to the theater early and made his debut in 1775. He showed great talent for comic roles and earned a recognized name as a comedian on various stages in Germany. Friedrich Ludwig Schröder heard from him in 1783 , convinced himself of his great talent and promoted him to the Hamburg stage. There he worked in a wide variety of comic roles until 1788 and strengthened his reputation to such an extent that in 1789 he received an application to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Theater. There, too, he was the darling of the public and especially popular in depicting affectionate fathers and old officers. After being one of the first artists there for several years, he became a member of the Lübeck Theater. He died here in September 1807. Bröckelmann was valued not only as an actor but also as a playwright.

His son Wilhelm also became a stage actor.

Works

• The Consequences of a Bet (first performed in Hamburg in 1783)
• The man himself is (premiered in 1787 in Hamburg)
• Various crafts (premiered in Neustrelitz in 1789)
• Unfortunate misfortune (first performed in Neustrelitz in 1789)
• The Hautboisten (first performed in Kassel in 1797)

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 131, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

This article is based on a public domain text from Ludwig Eisenberg's Large Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the 19th Century , 1903 edition.

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