Jakob Ayrer
Jacob Ayrer the Elder (c. 1544 in Nuremberg, † March 26, 1605 ) was a German dramatist and writer of carnival games.
Life
Little is known about the circumstances of Ayrer. Ayrer Jacob was the son of the sculptor Christoph Ayrer. He lived as an ironmonger in Nuremberg, later he settled in Bamberg; probably then probably to study at the university theology and law. During this time it is detectable for some time as procurator.
In 1593 he was expelled from the city and he returned to Nuremberg. There he was already given a year later, the Civil Rights. His living he earned as imperial. Notary and procurator at the Nuremberg City Court. As such, he married in 1600 Susanne Neukam. with her he had five daughters and six sons, including the later jurists Ayrer Jacob, the younger.
Ayrer was the last important representative of the carnival game and a prolific author. However, it is uncertain if ever one of his 106 pieces ( 69 have survived ) had experienced a performance.
Jacob Ayrer is entirely in the office of Hans Sachs Ayrers work is in context with the occurrence of English strolling player in Germany to see the year 1600. In addition to adaptations of works by William Shakespeare and Robert Brown took his Ayrer substances most often in Greek mythology and Roman antiquity. But even in the German chapbooks and farces he took literary bonds. A new feature is the numerous stage directions, the acquisition of fools figure January posset, the use of complex scenes and costumes and the variety of actors on the stage at Ayrer. Ayrers works pursue an educational goal and strive for the religious and moral improvement of the onlooker to.
At the age of about 50 years Ayrer Jacob died on March 24, 1605 in Nuremberg; according to another reading ( General German Biography ) came as date of death and March 24, 1625 in question.
1638 prompted friends and heirs Edition Opus Theatricum, a collection of 66 works Ayrers to his memory. It was printed and published by Balthasar Scherff this in Nuremberg.
Works (selection)
- From the building of Rome. 1595
- From the beautiful Melusina. 1598
- Evil out of three women. 1598
- From two brothers from Syragusa ( by William Shakespeare)
- Comedia by the Fine Sidea. 1605
- Levels of certain female breeds and honest. Released in 1618
- Opus Theatricum. Scherff, Nuremberg 1618