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In German-speaking cultures, Schwank is a genre of short funny tale, verse, song, play, opera, etc. [1] [2] In German, common meanings for the word "Schwank" are "prank", "funny tale", told for entertainment. [3]
German Kleines Literarisches Lexikon offers a distinction of Shwank from other forms of comical works: Shwanks deliver light, harmless, carefree humor, and in that it may be distinguished from comedy, which ridicules something, from de:Lustspiel, which offers much hilarity, or from farce (de:Posse), with its crude boisterousness. [4]
Maria Anna/Anna Marie "Nanny" Adamberger, born Jaquet, was an Austrian actress. She was played ingénue roles in comedies and originated the role of Madame Vogelsang in Der Schauspieldirektor by Mozart.
"Erika" is a German marching song. It is primarily associated with the German Army, especially that of Nazi Germany, although its text has no political content. It was created by Herms Niel and published in 1938, and soon came into usage by the Wehrmacht. It was frequently played during Nazi Party public events. According to British soldier, historian, and author Major General Michael Tillotson, it was the single most popular marching song of any country during the Second World War.
Hans Reimann (1889–1969) was a German satirist, novelist, and playwright. He wrote under the pseudonyms Max Bunge, Hans Heinrich, Artur Sünder, Hanns Heinz Vampir, and Andreas Zeltner.
Alfred Polgar 17 October 1873, Vienna – 24 April 1955, Zurich) was an Austrian-born columnist, theater critic, writer and occasionally translator.
Louis Jean Jacques Angely was a German playwright, actor and director, who wrote Possen (farces) and vaudeville after French models, adapted for German audiences.
Projekttheater Vorarlberg is a theatrical group in Austria, established in 1988 by Sieglinde Müller and Dietmar Nigsch. It puts on two productions a year and has performed all over the Austria, South Tyrol and Bavaria since 1995. The group is directed by Susanne Lietzow. In 2006 the group received the Nestroy Theatre Prize for their production of Hans Carl Artmann's How much, Schatzi?.
Clara Bertha Friederike von Bülow was a German writer of short stories, comedies and farces.
Bernhard Ludwig Buchbinder, pseudonym Gustav Klinger, was an Austro-Hungarian actor, journalist and writer. His best-known operetta libretto remains Die Försterchristl.
Karl Friedrich Müchler was a German writer.
Friedrich Ernst Hopp was an Austrian actor and writer.
Wilhelm Wiesberg, real name Wilhelm Bergamenter, was an Austrian writer and folksinger.
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Müller was a German actor, writer and Singspiel poet.
Elise (Sara) Henle Levi was a German Jewish writer, dramatist, and poet. She was the author of numerous dramatic comedies, opera libretti, poems, and cookbooks.
Carl Balthasar Malß was a German poet, architect and theatre director.
Hermann Wunsch was a German composer, conductor, music theorist and lecturer in composition.
Benedikt David Arnstein, also known by the pen name Arenhof, was an Austrian playwright. He is considered the first German-language Jewish dramatist and poet.
Georg von Hofmann was an Austrian occasional poet.
Friedrich Tietz sometimes incorrectly called Friedrich von Tietz, was a German theatre director, publicist and writer.
Bianca Bloch, also known by the pen name B. Waldow, was a German author.
Eduard Adolf Daelen was a German painter and writer. For some of his writings he used the pseudonyms Ursus teutonicus, Angelo Dämon, Edu Daelen-Bachem and Michel Bär. He became known above all for the first biography of Wilhelm Busch, which he wrote in 1886.