Schickh, Josef Kilian#
b. Vienna, Jan. 7, 1799, d. Vienna, May 22, 1851. Dramatist and civil servant. 1831-1845 in the Universal-Cameral-Zahlamt office, then worked for the Universal-Staats- und Banco-Schulden-Casse bank. Wrote more than 70 dialect folk plays for the popular theatres in the suburbs of Vienna and is regarded as one of the main representatives of Viennese popular comedy in the Vormaerz period between 1814/15 and 1848.
Works#
Pluto und Proserpina, 1821; Die goldpapierene Zauberkrone, 1830; Vanilli, das redende Stummerl, 1831; Der Sieg des guten Humors, 1831; Der Kampf des Glueckes mit dem Verdienst, 1833; Die Entfuehrung vom Maskenball, 1835; Die Hammerschmiedin aus der Steiermark, 1842.Literature#
W. Grossmann, Der Volksdramatiker J. K. S., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1948.