Wilhelm Rueter

Wilhelm Rüter (born November 19, 1903 in Hanover ; † March 28, 1982 there ) was a German actor , theater director and stage director .

education

Rüter received his training as an actor and dramaturge from Hans Ebert, Johann Frerking and from the literary scholar Wolfgang Stammler . He made his debut at the Schauspielhaus Hannover in the play "Louis Ferdinand Prince of Prussia" by Fritz von Unruh , which was staged by the Hanoverian theater director Rolf Roenneke . Wilhelm Rüter remained loyal to his hometown Hanover throughout his life as an actor, reciter, radio broadcaster and reporter.

Theater director in Hanover

After the Second World War, Wilhelm Rüter took over the management of the “Theater in der Brücke”. When the theater was closed in 1960, Rüter found a new artistic home as director of the “Theater im Künstlerhaus” in Sophienstrasse. In the historical building, built in 1855 in the so-called "Hanoverian round arch style", the theater principal managed his theater over all financial cliffs until 1970. The program included works by classic authors, comedies by Curt Goetz and new authors of the tabloid genre, as well as the popular fairy tales for children. Employees were u. a. Members of his family: the set designer and painter Karl Rüter, as well as Wilhelm Rüter's son Volker as lighting master and above all his talented daughter, the actress Elfi Rüter. His wife Hildegard and daughter Heide Rüter were temporarily employed in the theater administration. The "family theater company Rüter" had a good name in the 50s and 60s and helped to write and enrich the Hanoverian theater history. The Rüters acting ensemble of these years included u. a. Elfriede Rückert , Herbert Mensching , Beatrice Coran, Luscha Wendt, Franz Köchel and Michael Lemanski. Two outstanding productions under the direction of Wilhelm Rüter remain in memory to this day: Jean Anouilh's Medea and Tennessee Williams' Endstation Sehnsucht , both with Elfriede Rückert, in the staging of Rolf Roenneke.

Farewell to the theater

At the age of 75, Rüter played his favorite and glamorous role once again, the smart farmhand Willem Tameling in August Hinrichs' comedy When the Rooster Crows at Reinhold Rüdiger's Hanover State Theater, now the Lower Saxony North State Theater , in his beloved Calenberger Platt. Wilhelm Rüter lived in Hanover-Herrenhausen until his death and was active as a reciter to the end, especially with works by Wilhelm Busch .

Honor

• Lower Saxony Order of Merit on ribbon for its services to cultural life in Hanover and Lower Saxony.

Bibliography

• Brigitta Weber, Cartsen Niemann: Prinzenstrasse. Hanoverian books on theater history . Publisher: Theater Museum Hannover. So far 16 issues or double issues have been published. In preparation: “1903–2013. 100 years of theater - 100 objects ”.
• Booklet 2: A short walk through Hanover's theater history By Rudolf Lange. 126 pages, 35 illustrations and a playlist as a supplement, ISBN 3-931266-10-9 .
• Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein: History of the city of Hanover. 2 vols. Second volume: From the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Hanover 1994. ISBN 3-87706-364-0 .