SAXE-MEININGEN

săks-mīnˈĭng-ən, Ger. Sachsen-Meiningen, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The capital was Meiningen. A possession of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin, it became a separate duchy in 1681 under Bernard, third son of Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Gotha. In the dynastic rearrangement that followed the extinction (1825) of the male line of Saxe-Gotha, the duke of Saxe-Meiningen received (1826) Saxe-Saalfeld from the duke of Saxe-Coburg (who obtained Gotha instead) and Saxe-Hildburghausen (whose duke was compensated with Saxe-Altenburg). Saxe-Meiningen sided (1866) with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War. The last duke abdicated in 1918, and in 1920 Saxe-Meiningen was incorporated into Thuringia. For the theatrical company organized by Duke George II of Saxe-Meiningen, see Meiningen Players.

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books on: Saxe Meiningen  - 187 results

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Germany in Power and Eclipse: The Background of German Development
Book by James K. Pollock, Homer Thomas, Willett F. Ramsdell, Clark Trow, Manfred C. Vernon; Van Nostrand, 1952
Subjects: Germany--Administrative And Political Divisions, Germany--History, Germany--Politics And Government
...Empire in 1871. The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen .--This duchy was established...struggle. During the latter wars Saxe-Meiningen joined the Confederation of the...German Confederation. Although Saxe-Meiningen had received no territorial additions...
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The Theatre of Max Reinhardt
Book by Huntly Carter; Benjamin Blom, 1964
Subjects: Reinhardt, Max--1873-1943, Theater--Germany
...perfection of ensemble. The Meiningen Theatre was, and still is...to the reigning Grand Duke of Saxe- Meiningen, now in his eighty-fifth year...direction of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Meiningen this wretched state of affairs...
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The Director and the Stage: From Naturalism to Grotowski
Book by Edward Braun; Holmes & Meier, 1982
Subjects: Theater--Europe--History--19th Century, Theater--Europe--History--20th Century, Theater--Production And Direction, Theatrical Producers And Directors--Europe
1. The Meiningen Theatre In 1866 there occurred...Austria Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen, a small and obscure principality...staging for the Duke of Saxe-Coburg in 1867 of The...Bruckner, were employed at Meiningen. The historical development...
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The Cambridge Modern History Atlas
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; Cambridge University Press, 1912
Subjects: Atlases, British, Atlases--History
...Hildburghausen, line of, 68 ; in Germanic Confederation, 88 ; incorporated with Saxe-Meiningen, 93 Saxe-Lauenburg, adopts Lutheranism, 40 Saxe-Meiningen, line of, 68 ; in Germanic Confederation, 88 ; acquires Saxe-Hildburghausen...
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Theatrical Directors: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by John W. Frick, Stephen M. Vallillo; Greenwood, 1994
Subjects: Theatrical Producers And Directors--Biography--Dictionaries
...period, performances continued in Meiningen under a succession of directors...But no one before Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen had made such a concerted drive...The Theater Duke: Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Stage. Stanford...
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journal articles on: Saxe Meiningen  - 3 results

 
 
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The Application of Staged Motion: a Historical Understanding of Cinema's Relation to Staged Pictures
Journal article by Joseph A. Sokalski; Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, Vol. 30, 2003
Subjects: Aesthetics, History, Motion picture industry, Movement, Projectors, Theater
...earliest recognized stage directors, George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826-1914) wrote on the subject of pictorial...pictorial movement on stage, the simplest, and the one Saxe-Meiningen had success with, relied on humans. Yet, as theatre...
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The Stoppard Trilogy
Journal article by Richard Hornby; The Hudson Review, Vol. 55, 2003
Subjects: Hall, Edward, McDonagh, Martin, Milam, Wilson, Nunn, Trevor, Royal Shakespeare Co, Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), Stoppard, Tom, Theater
...provided a sense of scope, movement, and historic significance better than any other director since the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in the late nineteenth century. He handles large casts with panache, providing wonderfully telling stage pictures...
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From Theater to Opera: Directors Crossing over
Journal article by Erick Neher; The Hudson Review, Vol. 63, 2010
Subjects: Grandage, Michael, Opera, Theater, Theater directors & producers
...including the text) grew out of experiments in the late nineteenth century by artists such as George II, the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, who created the first true modern repertory ensemble with an organic unity of purpose and an acute attention to...


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magazine articles on: Saxe Meiningen  - 3 results

 
 
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Acting out
Magazine article by Barbara Rizza Mellin; The New Crisis, Vol. 107, September 2000
Subjects: Actors, Aldridge, Ira Frederick (1805-67), Blacks, Heroism & heroes, History, Mansong, Jack, Personal profiles, Slavery
...unprecedented by any American actor before and virtually unattainable for a black actor in America. Knighted by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, he played command performances for royalty and heads-of-state and helped to transform Russian acting technique...
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Night of the Living Dramaturg
Magazine article by Lenora Inez Brown; American Theatre, Vol. 18, October 2001
Subjects: McCabe, Terry--Authorship, Mis-directing the Play: An Argument Against Contemporary Theatre (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Higher Education. McCabe lauds the days of the autocratic director, like the 19th-century figure the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (according to McCabe, the first director), while condemning modern collaborative practices, namely the presence...
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Block That Dramaturg
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 18, December 2001
...anyone who has read the entire book rather than a single chapter out of context. She cites my mention of the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen as evidence, but all I do is bring him up as a historical reference point--I neither laud nor criticize him...


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King David, the Leader with True Blue Blood
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 5, 2005
...not a secret. William IVs illegitimate children by Dorothy Jordan were recognised. The Kings wife, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, bore him no legitimate heirs and when he died the throne passed to Queen Victoria. A spokesman for the MP said...


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encyclopedia articles on: Saxe Meiningen  - 11 results

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Saxe-Meiningen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAXE-MEININGEN saks-min ing- n, Ger. Sachsen...line of Saxe-Gotha, the duke of Saxe-Meiningen received (1826) Saxe-Saalfeld from...compensated with Saxe-Altenburg). Saxe-Meiningen sided (1866) with Austria in the...
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Meiningen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEININGEN min ing- n, city (1994 pop. 24...there is an industry in railway repair. Meiningen was first mentioned in the 10th cent...It was the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen from 1680 to 1918. In the second half...
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Meiningen Players
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEININGEN PLAYERS German theatrical company that toured Europe from 1874 to 1890...influence in the movement toward modern theater. George II, duke of Saxe-Meiningen, who had organized the company, strove to perfect ensemble acting and...
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Saxe-Coburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The extinction (1825) of the related line of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg resulted in a general redivision...The duchy of Saalfeld passed to the duke of Saxe-Meiningen, while Ernest III of Saxe-Coburg received the duchy of Gotha and assumed...
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Saxe-Weimar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...also inherited Altenburg in 1672; his possessions were again divided among his seven sons (see Saxe-Gotha ; Saxe-Coburg ; Saxe-Meiningen ). An elder brother of Ernest the Pious, William, received Weimar and Eisenach; those duchies...
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