Rudolf Bernauer
Rudolf Bernauer (1880-1953) was an Austrian lyricist, librettist, screenwriter, film director, producer, and actor.
He was born on 20 January 1880, in Vienna, Austria. He died on 27 November 1953, in London, England, UK. He was father of German/British actress Agnes Bernelle (1923-1999). His name sometimes appears as Rudolf Bernnauer (double-n) or Rudolph Bernauer.
His autobiography is "Theater meines Lebens. Erinnerungen" ("Theater of my life: Memories"), published in Berlin in 1955.
Life
He made his 1900 debut as an actor at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In 1907, he took over the Berlin Theater with Carl Meinhardt, then in 1911 to the Hebbel Theater and 1913, the comedy house. Finally, he was the owner of the theater at Nollendorfplatz.
Rudolf Bernauer wrote lyrics for the Berlin operettas: Der liebe Augustin (1912), Wie einst im Mai (1913), The mysterious history of the conductor Kreisler (1922), for which his own simultaneous stage ("Kreislerbühne") was developed, and Kreislers Eckfenster (1923).
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