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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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