!!!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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