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August Wilhelm Iffland
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19.04.1759
00:30
Hannover, Germany
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Biography
German actor, dramatist, and manager, a major influence on German theatre.
Destined for the church, Iffland, at the age of 18, broke with parental authority and joined the Gotha court theatre to study acting under Konrad Ekhof’s direction. In 1779, after Ekhof’s death, Iffland went with the Gotha company to Mannheim, where he created the part of Franz Moor in Friedrich von Schiller’sDie Räuber (“The Robbers”) and where his own plays achieved great popularity. He virtually controlled the Mannheim theatre and maintained a conservative policy and repertory. In 1796, on J.W. von Goethe’s invitation, Iffland appeared as guest star on the Weimar court stage, charming his audiences with truthful and yet stylized portraits of pathetic and comic middle-class characters. His flights into tragedy (Lear, Wallenstein, Egmont) were less successful. As an author, Iffland achieved comparable fame in the fields of domestic drama and sentimental comedy. In 1798 he was appointed manager of the Berlin National Theatre, and in 1811 he became director-general of all the royal theatres in Prussia.
He died 22 September 1814, Berlin.
Destined for the church, Iffland, at the age of 18, broke with parental authority and joined the Gotha court theatre to study acting under Konrad Ekhof’s direction. In 1779, after Ekhof’s death, Iffland went with the Gotha company to Mannheim, where he created the part of Franz Moor in Friedrich von Schiller’sDie Räuber (“The Robbers”) and where his own plays achieved great popularity. He virtually controlled the Mannheim theatre and maintained a conservative policy and repertory. In 1796, on J.W. von Goethe’s invitation, Iffland appeared as guest star on the Weimar court stage, charming his audiences with truthful and yet stylized portraits of pathetic and comic middle-class characters. His flights into tragedy (Lear, Wallenstein, Egmont) were less successful. As an author, Iffland achieved comparable fame in the fields of domestic drama and sentimental comedy. In 1798 he was appointed manager of the Berlin National Theatre, and in 1811 he became director-general of all the royal theatres in Prussia.
He died 22 September 1814, Berlin.
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