A large 18 carat gold ring in the shape of a lotus flower, in the centre, is a brilliant cut diamond (app. 0.8 carats, H\/I, VS1), one of the 9 so-called \u2018Burgtheater Ringen\u2019 made by A.E. K\u00f6chert for play writer Gerhart Hauptmann, Vienna, 1929.
\nweight: 29 grams
\nring size: 20 mm. 10 1\/4 US
\nThe \u2018Burgtheater\u2019 is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German-language theatres in the world. The Burgtheater was created in 1741 by the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria who wanted a theatre next to her palace. Her son, Emperor Joseph II called it the \u201cGerman National Theatre\u201d in 1776. It has become known as \u201cdie Burg\u201d by the Viennese population; its theatre company of more or less regular members has created a traditional style and speech typical of Burgtheater performances. Three Mozart operas premiered there: Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail (1782), Le nozze di Figaro (1786) and Cos\u00ec fan tutte (1790). Beethoven\u2019s 1st Symphony premiered there on 2 April 1800.
\nThis ring is known as the \u2018Burgtheater Ring\u2019; The journalist Jakob Lippowitz (1865-1934), publisher of the Neues Wiener Journal (Concordia Press Club) and the writers association Concordia, annually awarded this ring between 1926 (150th jubilee) and 1934 for special merits either to a member of the Burgtheater or to a dramatist. In 1929 play writer Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 \u2013 1946) received this beautiful gift for his contributions to the theatre.
\nHauptmann was born in former Silesia (Poland). He was to learn agriculture but having no taste for country life, Hauptmann entered the art school intending to become a sculptor. He shortly lived in Rome and settled in Berlin where he soon gained a reputation as one of the chief representatives of modern drama and was one of the founders of German Naturalism (1880-1900). Hauptmann\u2019s most famous pieces are \u2018The Weavers\u2019 (Die Weber) from 1892 and \u2018The Rats\u2019 (Die Ratten) from 1911. In 1912 Hauptmann received the Nobel prize for Literature \u201cprimarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art\u201d. The Weavers was a play about the Industrial Revolution In Germany in the 1840s. It shows the weavers\u2019 misery under extreme life circumstances. Strong dialogues and roles made the play very lifelike. Since Hauptmann wrote critical plays, he was very unpopular with Emperor, Wilhelm II, who initially forbid that the play be performed in German, after its premiere in the Breslau dialect had caused a lot of commotion. The Rats was a tragic comedy where people were portrayed as impulsive and suffering beings. In his play, Hauptmann portrays people as rats; always selfish in dark and dirty spaces.
\nHauptman was a very productive writer, also writing poems, novels and for movies. Since 1902 his plays were performed regularly in the Burg theatre in Vienna and he also received a Ring of Honour from the city of Vienna in 1942.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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