!!!Costa, Karl eigentlich K. Kostia b. Vienna, Feb. 2, 1832, d. Vienna, Oct. 11, 1907, author of popular plays, civil servant, edited the humorous political magazine "Hans Joergel von Gumpoldskirchen", 1882-1885 manager of the Theater in der Josefstadt. !Works successful popular plays (Bruder Martin), parodies, local popular farces and libretti (among others for F. von Suppe's "Light Cavalry") !Literature OeBL. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Costa,_Karl_eigentlich_K._Kostia|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]