Johann Michael Böck [SEP] date of birth
Johann Michael Böck
Johann Michael Böck or "Boeck" (1743 – July 18, 1793) was a German actor.
Böck first worked as a barber. In 1762 he moved to Mainz, where he joined the theatre company of Konrad Ernst Ackermann (the "Ackermannschen Gesellschaft") and traveled with them to Hamburg. He then joined the traveling company of Abel Seyler (the "Seylerschen Gesellschaft"), until 1775 when he found steady employment at the court theatre ("Hoftheater") in Gotha, then
Frankfurt, Mainz, Braunschweig, and Hanover to Hamburg, which became the domicile of the troupe. In 1762, Johann Michael Böck joined the troupe. Friederike Sophie Seyler also joined around this time, and both remained members until the troupe was sold in 1767.
In 1767 the troupe was sold to a consortium of private owners, called the Hamburg National Theatre or the Hamburgische Entreprise, also known as Lessing's "Dramaturgie", with Abel Seyler as its main backer. The "dramaturgie" was home to famous founders