August Kiehl

Biography

August Theodoor Cornelis ‘Guus’ Kiehl (1854-1938) was a Dutch comedian, actor, stage director and librettist. Son of actors H.G. Kiehl and Theodora Sophie Sablairolles, both working at the Royal Schouwburg in The Hague, August’s theatre career started there when he was in his early 20s. After the company disbanded, he went to Amsterdam and joined the company of Prot and Kistemaker. There he became one of the leading artists in Dutch operetta as one of the 'Three K's' (Kiehl, Kelly and Kreeft). In 1892 Kiehl became actor, director and writer for the Amsterdam Artis-Schouwburg, where he wrote and directed what might be his greatest success: ‘De Parel van Zaandam’ (‘The Pearl of Zaandam’), a th...