Urbach, Reinhard#

b. Weimar (Germany), Nov. 12, 1939, specialist in theatre studies, dramaturge, theatre manager. From 1970 lecture tours, guest professorships. 1975 founded the "Literarisches Quartier" in his capacity as head of the literature section of the Cultural Office of the City of Vienna; from 1979 chief dramaturge of the Burgtheater, initiator of "Literature in March". From 1988 art director of the Theater der Jugend, since 1990 lecturer at the Institute of Theatre Studies in Vienna. Numerous publications on Austrian literature and theatre of the 19th and 20th centuries (e.g. A. Schnitzler, F. Raimund).