Gustav Kadelburg

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Franz von Schönthan and Gustav Kadelburg, 1889

Gustav Kadelburg (January 26, 1851, Pest - September 11, 1925, Berlin) was a Hungarian-German Jewish actor, dramatist, writer.

He made his first appearance at Leipzig in 1869, and two years later played at the Wallnertheater in Berlin. He was very successful in comedy parts, but abandoned the stage to write comedies and farces.

In 1908 The Manchester Guardian reviewed Der Weg zur Holle ("The Road to Hell"), his farce over three acts, then playing at the Midland Theatre. While chiding the lack of originality, the reviewer praised the pace - neither too quick to exhaust nor too slow to see the chinks.^[1]

Literary works

His best-known plays (some written in conjunction with Oscar Blumenthal and Von Schönthan) are:

In Civil
Die Berühmte Frau (1887) (produced in English by Augustin Daly as The Great Unknown)
Grossstadtluft (1890)
Die Orientreise (1891) (produced in English by Augustin Daly as The Orient Express)
Der Herr Senator (1894)
Zwei Wappen (1896) (adapted in English in the United States as The Two Escutcheons by Sydney Rosenfeld)
Der Wilde Baron
Migräne
Mauerblümchen (1893)
Zum Wolthätigen Zweck
Im Weissen Rössl

References

↑ The Manchester Guardian, THE MIDLAND THEATRE: DER WEG ZUR HOLLE 16 May 1908

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 7666539 LCCN: n83041448 ISNI: 0000 0001 0951 9640 GND: 116015675 BNF: cb15025187n

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Name	Kadelburg, Gustav
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Short description	Hungarian-German actor and writer
Date of birth	January 26, 1851
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Date of death	September 11, 1925
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