Abel Seyler

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Abel Seyler was an 18th-century Swiss-born German theatre director and impresario who became one of the leading figures of the German Enlightenment stage.

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Abel Seyler canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Freemason ⓘ
impresario ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
person ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
activeIn Gotha ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Mannheim ⓘ
citizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfBirth Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfDeath Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1730-08-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1801-04-25 ⓘ
employer Hamburg National Theatre ⓘ
Mannheim National Theatre ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Swiss ⓘ
familyName Seyler ⓘ
founded Seyler Theatre Company ⓘ
givenName Abel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Masonic lodge Absalom zu den drei Nesseln (Hamburg) ⓘ
movement German Enlightenment ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableFor leading figure of the German Enlightenment stage ⓘ
promotion of Shakespeare on the German stage ⓘ
support of Sturm und Drang drama ⓘ
notableStudentOrProtégé August Wilhelm Iffland ⓘ
Friederike Sophie Seyler ⓘ
Friedrich Ludwig Schröder ⓘ
Konrad Ekhof ⓘ
linked to: Conrad Ekhof
notableWork Hamburg National Theatre (as leading patron and director) ⓘ
Mannheim National Theatre (as director) ⓘ
Seyler Theatre Company ⓘ
occupation banker ⓘ
impresario ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Liestal ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rellingen ⓘ
relative Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae ⓘ
Ludwig Erdwin Seyler ⓘ
residence Gotha ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Mannheim ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Friederike Sophie Seyler ⓘ
Sophie Elisabeth Andreae ⓘ

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Johann Anton Leisewitz → relative → Abel Seyler ⓘ
Sophie Seyler → relative → Abel Seyler ⓘ