Heinrich Anschütz (8 February 1785 in

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– 29 December 1865 in

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) was a German actor.

Biography

He studied at the

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, in which city he saw the performances of August Wilhelm Iffland, Ferdinand Esslair, and other distinguished actors who occasionally played there. He began his career as an actor at

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in 1807, and finally became a member of the Hofburgtheater in Vienna. He played both heroic and character parts, and was for many years the central figure at the famous playhouse with which he was so long identified. He published an autobiography under the title of ''Heinrich Anschütz, Erinnerungen aus dessen Leben und Wirken'' (Heinrich Anschütz, Recollections from his life and works; Vienna, 1866).

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* 1785 births 1865 deaths People from Luckau People from the Electorate of Saxony German male stage actors Leipzig University alumni 19th-century German male actors Emigrants from the Kingdom of Prussia to the Austrian Empire Male actors from Brandenburg {{Germany-stage-actor-stub