!!!Exl, Ferdinand

b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Aug. 27, 1875, 
d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Oct. 28, 1942, actor and theater manager. After 
performing at the Pradl Bauerntheater (farmers' theatre), E. 
established the "First Tyrolean Farmers' Theatre Society" ("Erste 
Tiroler Bauernspiel-Gesellschaft", 1902) with its headquarters in 
Wilten, later in Innsbruck ( Exl-Buehne, E. Theatre); E. promoted 
popular and rustic Austrian theatre and gave highly acclaimed guest 
performances with his family company in Austria and abroad. 1919-1922, 
managed the "Innsbrucker Kammerspiele" theatre which he had also 
founded, 1915-1920 the Innsbruck City Theatre, and around 1930 the 
Raimundtheater in Vienna. After his death, his wife Anna and daughter 
Ilse ran the E. Theatre until it was closed in 1955.

!Literature
E. Keppelmueller, Die kuenstlerische Taetigkeit der 
E.-Buehne in Innsbruck und Wien 1902-1944, doctoral thesis, Vienna 
1947; E. Koch, Die Entwicklung der E.-Buehne, doctoral thesis, 
Innsbruck 1961.



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