HAASE, FRIEDRICH (1827-1911), German actor, was born on Nov. 1, 1827, in Berlin, the son of a valet to King Fred erick William IV., who became his godfather. He made his first appearance on the stage in 1846 in Weimar, afterwards acting at Prague (1849-51) and Karlsruhe (1852-55). He played in St. Petersburg, 186o-66, then was manager of the court theatre in Coburg, and in 1869 (and again in 1882-83) visited the United States. He was manager of the Stadt Theater in Leipzig from 1870-6, when he removed to Berlin, where he founded and man aged Deutsches Theater. He retired from the stage in 1898. Haase's aristocratic appearance and elegant manner fitted him specially to play high comedy parts. He died in Berlin on March 17, 191I.
See Simon, Friedrich Haase (Berlin, 1898) .