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Aslan, Raoul
© Copyright Raoul Aslan as King Philipp II in "Don Carlos" by F. Schiller, Burgtheater, Vienna. Photo, 1938. Aslan, Raoul, b. Saloniki (Greece), Oct. 16, 1886, d. Litzlberg (municipality of Seewalchen am Attersee, Upper Austria), June 17, 1958, Kammerschauspieler of Armenian-Italian descent. Lived in Vienna from 1897; 1917 joined the "Deutsche Volkstheater" in Vienna; 1920-1958 at the Vienna Burgtheater, played mainly classical heroes and complex characters (Hamlet, Mephisto, Marquis Posa, Nathan), 1945-1948 Director of the Vienna Burgtheater; numerous guest performances abroad, radio and film work; 1929 first actor to be awarded the title Kammerschauspieler. Literature: E. Buschbeck, R. A. und das Burgtheater, 1946; H. David, A. Direktionszeit am Burgtheater, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1966.
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