Meyer, Conny Hannes#
b. Vienna, June 18, 1931, actor, director, theatre manager, writer. 1938-1945 interned for "racial" reasons. Trained as a typesetter; 1955 co-founder of the Vienna Theatre "Experiment am Liechtenwerd", 1958 founded the company "Die Komoedianten ", which performed from 1963 in the "Theater am Boerseplatz" and from 1974 in the "Theater im Kuenstlerhaus". Since "Die Komoedianten" broke up in 1985 free-lance director, from 1992 at the re-established "Theaterarbeit im Burgenland". Awarded the J. Kainz Medal 1970.
Literature#
W. Schloegl, C. H. M. und seine Komoedianten, 2 vols., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1994.