Willkit Greuèl

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Willkit Greuèl (born March 15, 1918 in Cologne ; † February 12, 2018 ) was a German theater actor and director .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1937, Greuèl studied law , German and theater studies in Cologne, Paris and Hamburg . In 1937 and 1938 he also studied roles with Adolf Manz at the drama school in Cologne. He then shifted his professional focus to the stage and made his stage debut in 1938 as "Paul Miecke" in Axel Ivers ' Parkstrasse 13 at the Altmärkisches Landestheater Stendal . There he played in the stage subject of the outdoorsman and young comedian until 1939. After a brief activity at the Thale open-air theater , Greuèl was a soldier until the end of the Second World War . After the end of the war he played and staged on Hamburg theaters before he signed a permanent contract as first director and actor at the Rheinisches Landestheater in Solingen in 1945 . 1946 moderation at the Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation in Hamburg. In 1950 he moved from Solingen to the United City Theaters of Krefeld - Mönchengladbach . Further stages were Dresden and Karlsruhe. Guest tours have also taken Greuèl to Basel , Paris, Aarhus , Luxembourg , Vienna, Salzburg , Klagenfurt , to Tiflis to the Georgian National Theater, to the Rustaveli Theater , where he played Lessing's “Nathan”, and to the Mardschanischwili Theater. In addition , the artist, who was named a state actor in 1986, held the position of acting director and managing director at the Saarland State Theater from 1979 to 1981 .

Greuèl embodied numerous classical roles in the course of his stage career. During his time in Solingen he played "Franz Moor" in Schiller's Robbers , "Jago" in Shakespeare's Othello , the title roles in Orestes and Fiesco zu Genoa and "Tod" in Hofmannsthal's Jedermann . During the years in Krefeld-Mönchengladbach, character roles followed such as “Sakini” in John Patrick's Little Tea House , “Junker von Bleichenwang” in Shakespeare's Was ihr wollt , “Wurm” in Schiller's Cabal and Love and “Mortimer” in Schiller's Maria Stuart . Greuèl also staged stage versions of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion , Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris , Hans Müller-Schlösser's Tailor Wibbel , Heinrich Spoerl's Muzzle , Shakespeare's Was ihr wollt and Calderón's Judge from Zalamea .

Greuèl was a rare guest in film and television productions. Here you could see him, for example, in the television thriller Who Else Digs a Pit from the crime scene series. In contrast, since the 1940s he has also worked extensively as a speaker for radio plays and film dubbing at the Remagen International Film Union and at the Marcadet studio in Paris.

Awards

  • 1985: Appointment as an honorary member of the Saarland State Theater
  • 1986: Appointment as state actor

Filmography

Radio plays

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commemorative page by Willkit Greuèl. Retrieved March 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Greuèl, Willkit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 2018