Raoul Aslan was an Austrian theater actor of Greek-Armenian ancestry. Born in Saloniki, Greece

Greece

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, Aslan lived in Vienna

Vienna

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 from 1897 until his death. In 1917 he joined the "Deutsche Volkstheater" in Vienna and was active at the Vienna Burgtheater

Burgtheater

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 from 1920–1958, where he mainly played classical heroes and complex characters such as Hamlet

Hamlet

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, Mephisto

Mephisto

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, Marquis Posa, and Nathan

Nathan

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. Aslan was the director of the Vienna Burgtheater from 1945-1948. In 1929 he was the first actor to be awarded the title "Kammerschauspieler".