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Beer, RudolfBeer, Rudolf, b. Graz (Styria), Aug. 22, 1885, d. Vienna (suicide), May 9, 1938, actor, director, theatre manager; 1912-1918 assistant director of the Jarno-Bühnen theatre, 1918-1921 head of the Stadttheater in Brünn (Brno), 1921-1924 of the Raimundtheater in Vienna, 1924-1932 of the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna (performances of contemporary works by F. Bruckner, F. T. Csokor, F. Wedekind etc.); 1932/33 succeeded M. Reinhardt as head of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin; 1933-1938 head of the Scala in Vienna; along with M. Reinhardt, the most important person on the contemporary Viennese theatre scene; taught P. Wessely, H. Jaray, L. Ullrich, H. Holt etc.
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