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Waniek, Herbert
© Copyright Herbert Waniek, photo, around 1925 Waniek, Herbert, b. Vienna, Oct. 17, 1897, d. Vienna, May 11, 1949. Actor, director. In 1921 he directed for the first time at the Deutsches Theater in Brünn (Brno), in 1922 at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna; in 1924 actor at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna under M. Reinhardt, 1926 co-founder of the "Theater des Neuen" and director of matinee performances of modern dramas at the Theater in der Josefstadt; 1927 actor, director and head of production at the Zurich Schauspielhaus theatre, 1930 head of production in Essen, 1931 again at the Zurich Schauspielhaus; 1933-1949 director at the Burgtheater in Vienna (66 productions). Literature: F. Wagner, H. W. als Regisseur, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1959; J. Mayerhöfer (ed.), H. W. Ein österreichischer Regisseur (1897-1949), 1977.
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