Iffland-Ring
The Iffland Ring is a finger ring with the image of the actor, theater director and playwright August Wilhelm Iffland, who played The robber Franz Moor in the premiere of Friedrich von Schiller's drama at the Mannheim National Theatre.
The Iffland Ring is " awarded each important and worthy performer of the German-language theater for life " from its carrier testament to his opinion. Werner Krauss received the ring in 1954 but not from its previous carrier Albert Bassermann, but by the cartel Association of German Stage Workers, as the three designated Bassermann heirs were successively died before him.
The Iffland Ring is since 1954 earmarked the Republic of Austria.
Since 1978 is also awarded by the Austrian Federal Government as the female counterpart of the Alma Seidler ring after died in 1977 Burgtheater actress Alma Seidler.
History and founding legend
The first recorded mention of today's Iffland Ring as award is the legacy of the 1911 late actor Friedrich Haase, who presented with a note on Ringetui and an explanatory Beibrief the legend of the ring and at the same time stipulated that upon the death of the wearer of the ring of this the " for time worthiest "should be meant for. Haase bequeathed him Bassermann, which in turn successively bequeathed it to three colleagues (Alexander Girardi, Max Pallenberg and Alexander Moissi ), but all three died surprisingly early, with Bassermann had the late Alexander Moissi still put him on the coffin and he at the last moment had to be rescued, so he finally deposited him in 1935 in the Austrian National library in Vienna. [Note 1] Bassermanns death in 1952, it was unclear how should the passing of the ring happen to him in 1954 the Association of German cartel Bühnenangehöriger Werner Krauss zusprach. Because of the inheritance ambiguities 1952/54 directives have been issued by the Austrian Ministry of Education, which govern the future disclosure of the ring beyond doubt.
That Iffland even had several rings with his portrait given away to friends, does not seem unlikely because the disclosure of such gems (or similar rings, gems, pictures, medals) was quite common at times close friends. The fact that one of these rings a family heirloom Devrient was, who was a friend Iffland, also seems likely. Whether it actually was but seven rings, such as Wilhelm Burckhardsberg 1954 wrote that he possessed namely a similar ring with Iffland's portrait as a family heirloom, and if so, the foundation of an award was connected, is rather unlikely. More likely could well be that Iffland with the passing of several rings on Lessing's ring parable from the Nathan alluded. The fact that the ring does not Devrientsche remained in the possession of the family, but was passed by Emil Devrient to Theodor Döring, probably was due to internal family disputes. At an institutional award apparently also Devrient not yet thought, because then the carrier would certainly have made no secret of the existence of " a " ring before Haase. Can not be resolved, therefore, whether the actual foundation begins with the occupied only by Haase disclosure of the ring by Döring, or the testamentary disclosure by Haase itself.