Chapter VI–VII

Locations

Residences, journeys, and the geography of a life in theater — from Silesia to the Isle of Man and back.

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1880–1910

Early life & training

Thomasdorf, Vienna, and the first acting engagements across the German-speaking provinces.

1911–1935

Neues Theater, Kammerspiele, and the height of his career as owner-director.

Theater
Neues Theater
1911 – 1935 · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hellmer's flagship — twenty-five years as owner-director.
Theater
Lessing-Theater
Hellmer-Bühnen · Berlin, Germany
Berlin engagements.
Theater
Frankfurter Kammerspiele
1920 – 1922 · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Intimate chamber stage founded in parallel with the Neues Theater.
Theater
Kleines Theater
interwar · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Studio stage for chamber pieces.
Theater
Trianon-Theater
1920s · Berlin, Germany
Operetta / boulevard circuit.
Residence
Myliusstrasse 24
1935 · Frankfurt, Germany

1936–1938

Theater an der Wien until the Anschluss forced a second flight.

Residence
Johannesgasse 22
1936 – 1938 · Vienna, Austria
Theater
Theater an der Wien
1936 – 1938 · Vienna, Austria
Owner and director until the Anschluss.

1939–1945

London, the Isle of Man camps, and the emigre theater circles of wartime Britain.

1946–1961

Hamburg, honours, and the final chapter of a reconstructed life.

Theater
Deutsches Schauspielhaus
1946 – 1948 · Hamburg, Germany
Intendant of Germany's largest drama house, postwar.
Residence
Ohlsdorf Cemetery
1961 · Hamburg, Germany