!!!Rott, Adolf

b. Barmen (Wuppertal, Germany), Dec. 14, 1905, 
d. Vienna, July 24, 1982, director, theatre manager. Initially at 
German theatres (Berlin, Hamburg, Danzig, etc.); 1937-1945 teacher at 
the Reinhardt-Seminar drama school, 1937-1951 director at the 
Burgtheater, 1951-1954 chief director at the Burgtheater and at the 
State Opera; 1954-1959 manager of the  Burgtheater (re-opened in 
1955), then visiting director at all federal theatres and from 1962 
chief director at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Duesseldorf. Revived 
the classical Vienna operetta and initiated the "Spiel auf dem See" at 
the Bregenz Festival. 1962 honorary member of the Burgtheater.

!Literature
E. Stigler, A. R. Burgtheaterdir. 1954-1959, doctoral 
thesis, Vienna 1983.



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