!!!Leopoldstädter Theater

Leopoldstaedter Theater, traditional suburban theatre in the 
2%%sup nd/%  district of Vienna, opened in 1781 by its first director 
K.  Marinelli. Repertoire: local farces and fairy-tale extravaganzas, 
tales of robbers and soldiers, parodies and singspiel. Most important 
actors: J. J.  La Roche, A.  Hasenhut, I.  Schuster, F.  Raimund 
(from 1821 also director, 1828-1830 manager of Leopoldstaedter 
Theater), J.  Nestroy, W.  Scholz, the comedy trio K.  Blasel, J.  
Matrasand W.  Knaackand T.  Krones. Most successful dramatists: K.  
Hensler (after death of K. Marinelli, director of Leopoldstaedter 
Theater until 1816), J.  Perinet, F.  Gewey, F.  Kringsteiner, J.  
Gleich, K.  Meisl, F. Raimund, J. Nestroy, F.  Kaiser. Resident 
composer: W.  Mueller. After financial crisis in the 1830s, the 
Leopoldstaedter Theater was sold to C.  Carl in 1838, who was also 
director of Theater an der Wien and ran both houses until 1845; the 
old theatre was pulled down in 1847, rebuilt according to plans by the 
architects E. van der Nuell and A. Sicard v. Sicardsburg and 
reopened under the name of  Carltheater.

!Literature
H. Grund, Das Leopoldstaedter "Kasperltheater" 1781 until 
1803, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1921; F. Hadamowsky, Das Theater in der 
Leopoldstadt from 1781 until 1860, 1934; L. Tatzer, Das alte 
Leopoldstaedter Theater (1781-1847), in: Wiener 
Schriften 24, 1966.


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