!!!Kaiser, Friedrich

Kaiser, Friedrich, b. Biberach (Germany), April 3, 1814, 
d. Vienna, Nov. 6, 1874, dramatist and actor. Wrote about 150 
plays (comedies, farces, popular plays) mostly for the Theater an der 
Wien and the Carltheater. The plays of K. and of J.  Nestroy dominated 
in the middle of the 19th century the repertory of the Viennese 
suburban theatres. K. is regarded as the forerunner of L.  
Anzengruber.

!Literature
Der Wr. Theaterdichter F. K., doctoral thesis, Wien 
1947; J. Benay, "Der letzte Hanswurst", in: Austriaca 14, 1982; the 
same, F. K. Gesamtprimaerbibliographie seiner dramat. Produktion 
zw. 1835 und 1874 (Nachlass 1875), 1991; the same, F. K. 
(1814-1874) et le theâtre populaire en Autriche au XIXe 
siècle, 1993.


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