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Max Burckhard

1854 – 1912

Viennese theatre director

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About Max Burckhard

Lived 1854 – 1912 (aged 57). Max Burckhard was a writer, poet lawyer, judge, journalist, theatre critic and theatre manager.

Max Eugen Burckhard (14 July 1854, Korneuburg, Lower Austria - 16 March 1912, Vienna) was director of the Burgtheater, Vienna, from 1890 to 1898.

Vita Max Burckhard, a lawyer, was the artistic director of the Burgtheater when it opened as the “Neues Haus am Ring” on 12 May 1890. He remained director until 1898. He introduced Sunday matinees at a reduced cost to widen the theatre's potential audience. He later remarked that the less wealthy audiences were the most "critically acute". As director, he remodeled the auditorium in the spring and summer of 1897, and introduced contemporary drama by Henrik Ibsen, Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal to the Viennese audience as well as Austrian classics of Ludwig Anzengruber and Ferdinand Raimund. He hired such famous actors as Adele Sandrock, Otto Treßler, Hedwig Bleibtreu, and Josef Kainz but was pressured to resign after having "aroused the displeasure of the Christian Social Party".

Death Burckhard died in Vienna on 16 March 1912, at the age of 57.

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University of Vienna
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Raimund Award
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Max Eugen Burckhard

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Max Burckhard?

Viennese theatre director (1854–1912)

When was Max Burckhard born?

Max Burckhard was born on 14 July 1854 in Korneuburg.

When did Max Burckhard die?

Max Burckhard died on 16 March 1912 in Vienna.

What was Max Burckhard's occupation?

Max Burckhard was a writer, poet lawyer, judge, journalist, theatre critic and theatre manager.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Max Burckhard

· Wikidata: Q88819

· DBpedia: Max Burckhard

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