!!!Waniek, Herbert

Waniek, Herbert, b. Vienna, Oct. 17, 1897, d. Vienna, May 
11, 1949. Actor, director. In 1921 he directed for the first time at 
the Deutsches Theater in Bruenn (Brno), in 1922 at the Deutsches 
Volkstheater in Vienna; in 1924 actor at the Theater in der Josefstadt 
in Vienna under M.  Reinhardt, 1926 co-founder of the "Theater des 
Neuen" and director of matinee performances of modern dramas at the 
Theater in der Josefstadt; 1927 actor, director and head of production 
at the Zurich Schauspielhaus theatre, 1930 head of production in 
Essen, 1931 again at the Zurich Schauspielhaus; 1933-1949 director at 
the Burgtheater in Vienna (66 productions).

!Literature
F. Wagner, H. W. als Regisseur, doctoral thesis, 
Vienna 1959; J. Mayerhoefer (ed.), H. W. Ein oesterreichischer 
Regisseur (1897-1949), 1977.


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