Hermann Wedekind (18 November 1910, in Coesfeld,

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– 16 January 1998, in Wadern) was an artistic director at

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from 1983 to 1996.

Vita

After his first engagements in Hagen and Bielefeld, Wedekind was brought to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin by the artistic director

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in 1935 (1935–1943) and began a career in the field of youthful hero tenors at the Danzig Opera and then at the Dresden State Opera. After the war, he became senior director in

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from 1946 to 1950, built the theater in

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and headed the theater in

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from 1954. In 1960 he took over the management of the city theater and later Saarland State Theatre in Saarbrücken. http://tls.theaterwissenschaft.ch/wiki/Hermann_Wedekind He was artistic director at

from 1983 to 1996. Wedekind was married to the actress Grete Schaun (1911–2007). The director Michael Wedekind is a son. The daughter Claudia Wedekind died in 2015.

Works (selection)

*1949: Das Balver Zeitwendspiel (

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) *1950 / 1995: Das große Welttheater, as director *1984–1986:

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*1995: Robin Hood, as artistic director

Honors

*Albert-Schweitzer-Friedenspreis (1982) * Bundesverdienstkreuz (1984) *

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(1986)http://www.amtsblatt.uni-saarland.de/hefte/1986/1986-015.pdf *Honorary citizen of

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(1995) *''Kulturpreis''

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(1995)

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* * 1910 births 1998 deaths People from Coesfeld German theatre directors Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia Recipients of the Saarland Order of Merit Westphalia culture {{Germany-bio-stub