Ludwig Chronegk

Ludwig Chronegk ( born November 3, 1837 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, † July 9, 1891 in Meiningen, Thuringia ) was an actor, director and theater at Meiningen Court Theatre, and reformer of director's theater and Privy Councillor.

Life

Chronegk was born into a Jewish merchant family, was educated at the Gymnasium in Berlin and Potsdam and then studied in Paris during a one-year stay, the French theater conditions. After returning to Germany, he was inspired by Karl August Gorner prepare for the stage career. He played his first role in 1856 at Kroll 's theater in Berlin.

Until Chronegk 1866 Member of the Meiningen Court Theatre was, he was a member of the stages in Legnica and Görlitz, various theaters in Berlin, the Hamburg Thalia, the theaters in Pest, Breslau, Königsberg ( Prussia) and the Leipzig Stadttheater.

From 1874 Chronegk was officially working as a director. His acting career - he lay mainly comic roles - he gave in 1877 to the whole, in order to devote himself exclusively to directing business. In the same year he became senior director and director and in 1884 director of the Meiningen Court Theatre.

Chronegk created together with the artistically ambitious Duke George II and his wife Baroness Helene von Heldburg the Meininger principles and thus carried out a profound reform of director's theater. Under his leadership, these reforms made ​​in 1874 the stage ensemble than the Meininger on numerous concert tours throughout Europe known and established the reputation of the Meiningen Court Theatre.

1886 ill Chronegk heavy and could only partly derive their tours, which were eventually discontinued in 1890.

Honors

After Ludwig Chronegk a street in the Meininger City center was named in 1990. In addition, a primary school in Meiningen bears his name.