Menninger, Johann Matthias#

b. probably in Bavaria (Germany) around 1733, d. Vienna, Jan. 15, 1793, actor, theatre director. Said to have performed in 1761 with the company of J. Schulz in Baden (Lower Austria), In 1766 married the widow of the director and took over the management of the company, in which J. J. La Roche and K. von Marinelli also performed. In summer performed in Baden ("Baadnerische Truppe"), in winter in cities like Bruenn (Brno) or Pressburg (Bratislava). In 1769 first performance in the Theater in der Leopoldstadt.