You are bidding on one typed, signed letter ofactors, directors and directors Hans Lietzau (1913-1991).

From the estate of a Berlin autograph collector who personally received autographs from singers and actors from the 1930s to the 1970s or had them mailed to him by the artists (some of the envelopes are still there).

Dated Berlin, 17. October 1972.

On stationery from the Schiller Theater in Berlin; From 1972 to 1980, Lietzau was director of the State Theater in Berlin.

To a theatergoer in Berlin (address censored on photos) who complains about the programs. As compensation he receives "the first four of these issues" for free.

Scope: an A4 page.

without envelope,

Enclosed in a protective sheet; with handwritten attribution "Hans Lietzau Theater Manager Director."

Condition: sheet folded in the middle; excellent condition. BPlease note also the pictures!

Internal note: Opera 21-04

ÜcalculatedHans Lietzau (Source: wikipedia):

Hans Lietzau (* 2. September 1913 in Berlin; † 30 November 1991 ibid) was a German actor, director and artistic director.

Life

Education and first engagements: Lietzau broke off his studies in theater and newspaper studies in Berlin and attended the acting school of the Berlin State Theater from 1933 to 1935 under Gustaf Gründgens. First engagements brought Lietzau to Kiel, Leipzig and finally in 1939 to the Burgtheater in Vienna.

Theater: After the end of the Second World War, Lietzau worked as a director in Bern, Berlin, Darmstadt and at the Hamburg Thalia Theater with Willy Maertens. In 1955 he staged for the first time at the Munich Kammerspiele under artistic director Hans Schweikart. From 1965 to 1969 he was senior director at the Bavarian State Theater, then, in two phases, from 1969 to the end of 1970 director of the German Theater in Hamburg and from 1972 to 1980 director of the State Theater in Berlin. He then returned to the Munich Kammerspiele, where he continued to work as a director under the direction of Dieter Dorn. His last directorial work there was the staging of Ernst Barlach's Der blaue Boll (premier on 8th August 1940). March 1991), who was also invited to the 1992 Theatertreffen in Berlin.

Lietzau's productions have been invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen three times:

In 1967 he staged The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco

In 1969 he staged Friedrich Schiller's Die Räuber and Heiner Müller's Philoktet

1992 (posthumously) his last production of Ernst Barlach's The Blue Boll at the Munich Kammerspiele.

After Dieter Dorn moved to the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, Lietzau's production of Thomas Bernhard's Der Theatermacher (premier: 18. December 1988) and integrated into the repertoire.

In addition to his activities at the theater, Lietzau also worked as a film and radio play director.

Private life: Lietzau was married to the actress Carla Hagen. With the aim of making her husband's artistic legacy permanently accessible to the public, she donated the legacy to the Berlin Academy of Arts. The legacy included several thousand photos and documents on directorial work in Vienna, Hamburg, Bochum and Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

1953: The Chiffon Shawl

1957: Colportage

1958: A glass of water

1959: Forgotten Faces

1959: Herbert Engelman

1960: After all this time

1960: The Great Cophta

1961: The Persians

1961: A True Hero

1963: Mary Stuart

1963: Then go to Thorp

1965: The Great Wall of China

1966: A hermit is discovered

1969: Hotel du commerce

1972: The Marquis of Keith

1977: Travesties

1978: No Man's Land

awards

1968: Berlin Art Prize

1984: Grand Federal Cross of Merit

1988: Schwabing Art Prize (honorary prize)