Willy Schweighöfer
Willy Schweighöfer (* 1906 ; † 1980 ) was a German cultural worker.
biography
Schweighöfer was director of the district theater in Borna immediately after the Second World War . In 1952 he was a guest with the Borna District Theater in the Great Lindensaal in Markkleeberg with his staging of the comedy Love in the Snow .
After working in Borna, he worked as a director at the city theater in Rudolstadt. In 1957 he made guest appearances. B. with the theater and its production of The Diary of Anne Frank in Jena .
From 1963 to 1980 he worked successfully at the Landestheater Altenburg as a director and actor. In 1979 he was made an honorary member of the theater.
His younger son Götz Schweighöfer (* 1960) worked as an actor at theaters in Eisenach, Schwerin, Karlsruhe, Altenburg and most recently at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen. He is currently freelance.
Other sons are the actors Joachim Schweighöfer (* 1936) and Michael Schweighöfer (* 1952).
Willy Schweighöfer is buried in Altenburg cemetery. The Landestheater Altenburg was his last place of work.
Publications (selection)
- Three years of the Neues Theater, Wurzen, reconstitution as a district theater in the Grimma district , 1948.
Web links
- Literature by and about Willy Schweighöfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on the portal of the Thuringian State Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] , Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch, Volume 58, 1950. (The Deutsche Bühnen-Jahrbuch lists him as artistic director, who was also the senior director)
- ↑ [2] , Amusement without TV and Internet - A look at Markkleeberger culture posters and notes (pdf).
- ^ [3] , Thuringian State Archives.
- ↑ [4] , Theater der Zeit, Volume 34, 1979.
- ↑ Götz Schweighöfer on theater-bautzen.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweighöfer, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cultural worker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1906 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1980 |