!!!La Roche, Johann Joseph

La Roche, Johann Joseph, b. Bratislava, Slovakia (then 
Pressburg) April 1, 1745, d. Vienna, June 8, 1806, actor. 
Initially intended to become a barber, but entered acting (1764-1768) 
in the Brunian travelling company in Graz; from 1768 acted with the 
Menninger Company in Baden near Vienna, where he created the figure of 
 "Kasperl" (characteristic: cape with a red heart sewn on it). From 
1781 played under K. von  Marinelli at the Vienna Leopoldstaedter 
Theater, was its most popular actor until his death. Numerous plays 
were written esp. for him.

!Literature
G. Gugitz, Der weiland Kasperl (J. L. R.). Ein 
Beitrag zur Theater- und Sittengeschichte Alt-Wiens, 1920; O. Rommel, 
Die grossen Figuren der Altwiener Volkskomoedie, 1946; O. Rommel, Die 
Altwiener Volkskomoedie, 1952.


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