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19th-century theatre managers

60 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adolf WilbrandtAuthor · BooksAdolf von Wilbrandt (24 August 1837 – 10 June 1911) was a German novelist and dramatist.
Aleksander ZelwerowiczPerson · Film memorabiliaAleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher.
Amvrosy BuchmaPerson · Film memorabiliaAmvrosy Maksymiliyanovych Buchma (14 March 18916 January 1957) was a Ukrainian and Soviet stage and film actor, director and pedagogue.
André AntoinePerson · Film memorabiliaAndré Antoine (ɑ̃dʁe ɑ̃twan; 31 January 185823 October 1943) was a French actor, theatre manager, film director, author, and critic who is considered the father of modern mise en scène in…
Arthur NikischPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Arthur Nikisch.
Augusta, Lady GregoryAuthor · BooksIsabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager.
Bjørn BjørnsonPerson · Film memorabiliaBjørn Bjørnson (15 November 1859 – 14 May 1942) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.
Cosima WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner (Liszt; 24 December 1837 – 1April 1930) was a German businesswoman who was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German…
Eduard DevrientAuthor · Books(Philipp) Eduard Devrient (11 August 18014 October 1877) was a German baritone, librettist, playwright, actor, theatre director, and theatre reformer and historian.
Edwin BoothPerson · Film memorabiliaEdwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American stage actor and theatrical manager who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing…
Ellen TerryAuthor · BooksDame Alice Ellen Terry (27 February 1847 – 21 July 1928) was an English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Emil JanningsPerson · Film memorabiliaEmil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz; 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s.
Ernest Belfort BaxAuthor · BooksErnest Belfort Bax (23 July 1854 – 26 November 1926) was an English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist, and historian.
Ernst EklundPerson · Film memorabiliaErnst Olof Eklund (6 August 1882 – 3 August 1971) was a Swedish film actor and theatre director.
Ernst PasquéPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Heinrich Anton Pasqué (3 September 1821 – 20 March 1892) was a German operatic baritone, opera director, theatre director, writer and librettist.
Eugen KlöpferPerson · Film memorabiliaEugen Gottlob Klöpfer (10 March 1886 in Talheim, Heilbronn – 3 March 1950 in Wiesbaden) was a German actor.
Eva Le GalliennePerson · Film memorabiliaEva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was an English-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author.
Federico García LorcaPerson · Music memorabiliaFederico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.
Franz HerterichPerson · Film memorabiliaFranz Herterich (3 October 1877 – 28 October 1966) was a German actor. He was born in Munich and died in Vienna.
Franz von DingelstedtAuthor · BooksFranz von Dingelstedt (30 June 1814 – 15 May 1881) was a German poet, dramatist and theatre administrator.
Friedrich FeherPerson · Film memorabiliaFriedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950. Sometimes spelled with an accent as Friedrich Fehér) was an Austrian actor and film director.
Friedrich KaysslerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler, also spelled Kayßler (7 April 1874 – 30 April 1945), was a German theatre and film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1913 and 1945.
Friedrich von FlotowPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow (lang; 27 April 1812 – 24 January 1883) was a German composer.
Fritz SpiraPerson · Film memorabiliaFritz Spira (1 August 1881 – c. 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actor.
Gerald du MaurierPerson · Film memorabiliaSir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (26 March 1873 – 11 April 1934) was an English actor and manager.
Gösta EkmanPerson · Film memorabiliaFrans Gösta Viktor Ekman (28 December 1890 – 12 January 1938) was a Swedish actor, director and singer.
Gustav MahlerPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Mahler (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ]; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation.
Harley Granville-BarkerPerson · Film memorabiliaHarley Granville-Barker (25 November 1877 – 31 August 1946) was an English actor, director, playwright, manager, critic, and theorist.
Helene ThimigPerson · Film memorabiliaHelene Ottilie Thimig (5 June 1889 – 7 November 1974) was an Austrian stage and film actress.
Herbert Beerbohm TreePerson · Film memorabiliaSir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917) was an English actor-manager of the late Victorian era and Edwardian era.
Igo SymPerson · Film memorabiliaKarol Juliusz "Igo" Sym (3 July 1896 – 7 March 1941) was a Polish actor and collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement.
Ivan VsevolozhskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky (Russian: Иван Александрович Всеволожский; 1835–1909) was the Director of the Imperial Theatres in Russia from 1881 to 1898 and director of the Hermitage…
Jacques OffenbachPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques Offenbach (20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario.
James BauerPerson · Film memorabiliaJames Bauer (1884–1940) was a German film director. Following the Nazi takeover of power in 1933, he emigrated first to Spain and later to Argentina, where he directed several films of the…
Jean GilbertPerson · Music memorabiliaJean Gilbert (11 February 1879 – 20 December 1942), born Max Winterfeld, was a German operetta composer and conductor.
Jenő JanovicsPerson · Film memorabiliaJenő Janovics (8 December 1872 – 16 November 1945) was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. He directed 33 films between 1913 and 1920.
John W. BruniusDesigner · DesignJohn Wilhelm Brunius (26 December 1884 – 16 December 1937) was a Swedish actor, scriptwriter and film director.[1][5]
József BajzaAuthor · BooksJózsef Bajza (31 January 1804 – 3 March 1858) was a Hungarian poet and critic.
Jules PasdeloupPerson · Music memorabiliaJules Étienne Pasdeloup (ʒyl etjɛn padlu; 15 September 1819 – 13 August 1887) was a French conductor.
Karl CostaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gravestone
Leon SchillerPerson · Music memorabiliaLeon Schiller or Leon Schiller de Schildenfeld (14 March 1887 – 25 March 1954) was a Polish theatre and film director, as well as critic and theatre theoretician.
Leopold DamroschPerson · Music memorabiliaLeopold Damrosch (October 22, 1832 – February 15, 1885) was a German American orchestral conductor, composer, violinist, and teacher.
Leopold JessnerPerson · Film memorabiliaLeopold Jessner (3 March 1878 – 13 December 1945) was a noted producer and director of German Expressionist theater and cinema.
Louis JouvetPerson · Film memorabiliaJules Eugène Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker.
Lucjan RydelAuthor · BooksLucjan Rydel, also known as Lucjan Antoni Feliks Rydel (17 May 1870 in Kraków – 8 April 1918 in Bronowice Małe), was a Polish playwright and poet from the Young Poland movement.
Ludwik SolskiPerson · Film memorabiliaLudwik Solski (20 January 1855 - 19 December 1954), born Ludwik Napoleon Karol Sosnowski,
Margarida XirguPerson · Film memorabiliaMargarita Xirgu Subirá (Margarida Xirgu i Subirà; 18 June 1888 – 25 April 1969) was a Spanish stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America.
Max EhrlichPerson · Film memorabiliaMax Michaelis Ehrlich (7 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s.
Max NordauAuthor · BooksMax Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld; 29 July 1849 – 23 January 1923) was a Jewish Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.[1] He was a co-founder of the Zionist…
Octave PradelsAuthor · BooksOctave Pradels (15 February 1842 – 30 April 1930) was a French poet, novelist, vaudevilliste and lyricist.
Olga ChekhovaAuthor · BooksOlga Konstantinovna Chekhova (Knipper; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress.
Otto LilienthalPerson · Film memorabiliaKarl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man".
Paul HenckelsPerson · Film memorabiliaPaul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965.
Pierre FresnayPerson · Film memorabiliaPierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor.
Ralph BenatzkyPerson · Music memorabiliaRalph Benatzky (5 June 1884 – 16 October 1957) was a Czech-Austrian composer. He composed operas and operettas, such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), The White Horse Inn…
Ramón María del Valle-InclánAuthor · Books
Rudolf von und zu LiechtensteinPerson · Music memorabiliaPrince Rudolf of Liechtenstein (18 April 1838 – 15 December 1908) was an Austrian aristocrat, a general in the Common Army and one of the highest officials in the court of Emperor Franz…
Sergei EisensteinPerson · Film memorabiliaSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist.
Wilhelm BendowPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Bendow (29 September 1884 – 29 May 1950) was a German film actor who appeared in many films during his career. Bendow made his debut in the 1913 film Aus eines Mannes Mädchenzeit.
Winifred WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaWinifred Marjorie Wagner (née Williams; 23 June 1897 – 5 March 1980) was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner.

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