!!!Strampfer, Friedrich
Strampfer, Friedrich, b. Grimma (Germany), May 23, 1823,
d. Graz (Styria), April 8, 1890, actor, theatre manager. Originally in
Weimar, 1862-1869 manager of the "Theater an der Wien" (operettas by
Offenbach); 1870 acquired a theatre in the 1st district of Vienna,
called it "Strampfer Theater" and managed it 1871-1874; engaged actors
like A. Girardi, K. Blasel, F. Mitterwurzer and M. Geistinger.
1878 became manager of the "Comic Opera" ( Ringtheater) and of the
Carltheater, but went bankrupt; 1881 emigrated to the USA, 1888
returned to Vienna; worked partly as a writer, 1889 head of a theatre
school in Graz.
!Literature
H. Pemmer, Das S.-Theater unter den Tuchlauben und sein
Repertoire, in: Wiener Geschichtsblaetter 19, 1964.
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