Rosenthal, Friedrich#
Rosenthal, Friedrich, b. Vienna, July 20, 1885, d. Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland), after Aug. 21, 1942, theatre historian, dramatic adviser, director. From 1920 husband of the dancer G. Bodenwieser; 1910-1912 dramatic adviser at the Grand-Ducal Court National Theatre in Mannheim, 1913-1929 dramatic adviser and director (classic German authors, popular plays) at the Volkstheater in Vienna, 1920 established the first national travelling theatre in Austria; 1927-1931 lectureship in drama history at the Academy for Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna, 1932-1938 dramatic adviser, artistic secretary and director at the Burgtheater; 1938 emigration to France, arrested by the Gestapo in 1942.
Literature#
W. B. Fischer, F. R.: Regisseur, Programmatiker und Wanderbuehnenleiter, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1965; OeBL.