Karl August Görner

Karl August Gorner, also Carl August Gorner (* January 29, 1806 in Berlin, † April 9th, 1884 in Hamburg) was an actor, director and playwright.

Biography and artistic work

Karl August Gorner, son of a tax inspector was in the parental home acquainted with the main stage artists of his time, including with Ludwig Devrient, recipient of the Iffland -Ring, who lived in the same house and was a friend and mentor. In 1822, he secretly left the parental home, to devote himself to the stage, and walked them first in Szczecin ( at the Curio tables troupe ), then at the Ducal Court Theatre in Köthen.

At age 18, director of a private company, he moved around with this for two years, then was hired in 1827 at the court theater in Neustrelitz, where he eventually made ​​it to top director and acting director. There Gorner played roles such as the worm in Kabale und Liebe, the Marinelli in Emilia Galotti, the Adam in The Broken Jug or the twist in The Vagabond. On May 22, 1832 he married the daughter of Neustrelitz violin virtuoso and Hofkonzertmeisters ( Aloisio ) Luigi Tomasini ( 1779-1858 ), opera singer Frederica Tomasini ( 1810-1886 ). His wife made ​​her debut at the age of 16 years at the Court Theatre Neustrelitzer as Lorezza in the opera Jean de Paris ( Jean de Paris ). The marriage produced five children, of which two sons were also an actor. From his second marriage, which closed Gorner in Hamburg, two more children were added.

In 1848 he went to Breslau, from here in 1853, the Friedrich- Wilhelm Municipal Theater in Berlin, took over in 1855 the management of Kroll 's stage and went in 1857 to Hamburg, where he has since alternately at the Thalia and the Municipal Theatre as a character player and top director worked and 1882 be 60th anniversary celebrated artists. 1863 Ernst was appointed by Possart as a replacement for Karl August Gorner as a director of the Hamburg Stadttheater.

Before Gorner moved to Hamburg, he sold his large geological collection of the Grand Duke Georg Neustrelitzer. The as " Görnerianum " designated collection resulted in Neustrelitz since a shadowy existence and in 1945 it was completely destroyed in the palace fire.

Gorner died on April 9, 1884 during a rehearsal on stage at the Thalia Theatre. The (especially in the 1950/1960er years ) well-known actress and singer Christine Gorner is his great-granddaughter.

Works (selection)

His first stage play: gardeners and gardener, was listed in 1826 in Freiberg. In the subsequent half century, he has gifted the German stage with about 150 pieces, of which more than 100 in various collections, such as: Almanac dramatic stage games (Vol. 1-4, Breslau1851 -54, Vol 5-9, Hamburg 1857-61; . Vol. 10 and 11, Altona 1866-68 ), comedies (Hamburg 1856-72, 2 vols ), farces (Altona 1862), Deutsches Theater ( Altona. 1865 et seq ), and others printed.

The most popular are:

• Niece and aunt
• Black Peter
• English
• A happy family man
• Auntie Unverzagt
• En passant
• The ennobled merchant
• Education makes a man
• Salt of marriage and Others

As a particular genre Gorner was the children comedy ( Children's Theatre, Berlin 1855 6 Bdchn. . ) And revived anew the old dramatic tales Christmas Christmas tales in his comedies (Hamburg 1879-1884, 18 Bdchn. ). He also published the reciter for public and private companies (Hamburg 1864 -70, 3 vols ), concert and Gesellschaftsdeklamator (papers, 1879, 9 Bdchn. ) And the humorous leader After Helgoland Helgoland ( 6th ed 1883).