List of plays by Nestroy
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singer-actor-playwright Johann Nestroy
Johann Nestroy
Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath...
(1801–1862).
Genres
Out of the 83 recorded works of Nestroy, a total of some 56 were designated as some form of Posse, meaning a farce or 'broad comedy', including 32 Possen mit GesangPosse mit Gesang
Posse mit Gesang is a form of popular German-language music drama, that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early examples are sometimes called 'Possenspil' or 'Possenspiel'...
('farce with singing'). There are eight Parodien, or parodies (two of them also designated as Possen), plus two Burlesken
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
and one 'Travestie'). There are 6 Zauberspiele and 4 Quodlibet
Quodlibet
A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner...
, 2 Vorspiele (prologues) and also one each of the following: Dramatisches Gemälde ('dramatic picture'), Historisch-romantisches Drama ('historical-romantic drama'), Intermezzo
Intermezzo
In music, an intermezzo , in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work...
, Komische Szenenreihe ('comic parade'), Operette, and Schwank ('story').
List
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Music | Première date | Place, theatre | Notes |
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| Sieben Mädchen in Uniform (Zwölf Mädchen in Uniform) | Posse Posse mit Gesang Posse mit Gesang is a form of popular German-language music drama, that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early examples are sometimes called 'Possenspil' or 'Possenspiel'... |
1 act | 5 December 1827 | Graz | ||
| Der Zettelträger Papp | Vorspiel | 15 December 1827 | Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... |
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| Dreissig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Lumpen | Lokales Zauberspiel with dance, song and tableaux | 2 acts | Adolf Müller and Franz Roser | 20 December 1828 | Graz | |
| Der Einsilbige oder Ein dummer Diener seines Herrn | Schwank | 1 act | 16 January 1829 | Graz | ||
| Der Tod am Hochzeitstage oder Mann, Frau, Kind | Zauberspiel | 2 acts | 18 August 1829 | Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Theater in der Josefstadt Theater in der Josefstadt The Theater in der Josefstadt is a theater in Vienna in the eighth district of Josefstadt. It was founded in 1788 and is the oldest still performing theater in Vienna... |
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| Der unzusammenhängende Zusammenhang | Quodlibet Quodlibet A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner... |
2 acts | 28 January 1830 | Graz | ||
| Magische Eilwagenreise durch die Komödienwelt | 13 March 1830 | Pressburg | ||||
| Zwei Schüsseln voll Faschingskrapfen | Quodlibet | 2 acts | 12 February 1831 | Pressburg | ||
| Der gefühlvolle Kerkermeister oder Adelheid die verfolgte Wittib | Gesprochene und gesungene Parodie eines getanzten Dramas | 3 acts | 7 February 1832 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien Theater an der Wien The Theater an der Wien is a historic theatre on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district of Vienna. Completed in 1801, it has seen the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music... |
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| Nagerl und Handschuh | Neue Parodie | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 23 March 1832 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | parody of Isouard's Cendrillion Cendrillon (Isouard) Cendrillon is a French opera in three acts by the Maltese-born composer Nicolas Isouard. It takes the form of an opéra comique with spoken dialogue between the musical numbers, although its authors designated it an opéra série. The libretto, by Charles Guillaume Etienne, is based on Charles... and Rossini's Cenerentola La Cenerentola La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cinderella... |
| Humoristische Eilwagenreise durch die Theaterwelt | Quodlibet | 2 acts | 23 May 1832 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | ||
| Zampa der Tagdieb oder die Braut von Gips | Parodie | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 22 June 1832 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | parody of Ferdinand Hérold's Zampa Zampa Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre is an opéra comique in three acts by French composer Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold... |
| Der konfuse Zauberer | Original Zauberspiel mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 26 September 1832 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Die Zauberreise in die Ritterzeit | Original Zauberposse | 3 acts with a prologue | Adolf Müller | 20 October 1832 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Genius, Schuster und Marqueur | Zauberposse | 3 acts | Written in 1832 | |||
| Der Feenball | Faschingsposse | 3 acts | first version of Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus | |||
| Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus | Zauberposse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 11 April 1833 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Robert der Teuxel | Parodierende Zauberposse | 2 (3) acts | Adolf Müller | 9 October 1833 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | parody of Meyerbeer's Robert le diable Robert le diable (opera) Robert le diable is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, often regarded as the first grand opera. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Casimir Delavigne and has little connection to the medieval legend of Robert the Devil. Originally planned as a three-act opéra comique, "Meyerbeer persuaded... |
| Der Tritschtratsch | Lokalposse mit Gesang | 2 acts | Adolf Müller | 20 November 1833 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Der Zauberer Sulphurelectrimagnetikophosphoratus | Zauberposse mit Gesang | 3 acts | 17 January 1834 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | parody of Ernst Raupach's Robert der Teufel | |
| Müller, Kohlenbrenner und Sesseltrager | Zauberspiel | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 4 April 1834 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Das Verlobungsfest im Feenreiche | Zauberposse | 3 acts | Written in 1834 | |||
| Die Gleichheit der Jahre | Lokalposse | 4 parts | Adolf Müller | 8 October 1834 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Die Familien Zwirn, Knieriem und Leim | Zauberspiel | 2 acts | Adolf Müller | 5 November 1834 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Die Fahrt mit dem Dampfwagen | Vorspiel | 5 December 1834 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |||
| Weder Lorbeerbaum noch Bettelstab | Parodierende Posse | 3 acts | 13 February 1835 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | parody of von Holtei Karl Eduard von Holtei Karl Eduard von Holtei was a German poet and actor.-Life and career:Karl Eduard von Holtei was born at Breslau, the son of an officer of Hussars... s Lorbeerbaum und Bettelstab. |
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| Eulenspiegel | Posse | 4 acts | Adolf Müller | 22 April 1835 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Zu ebener Erde und im ersten Stock | Lokalposse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | ||
| Der Treulose | Dramatisches Gemälde | 2 parts (three acts) | Adolf Müller | 5 March 1836 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Die beiden Nachtwandler | Posse mit Gesang | 2 acts | Adolf Müller | 6 May 1836 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Affe und Bräutigam | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Georg Ott | 23 July 1836 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Eine Wohnung ist zu vermieten in der Stadt | Lokalposse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 17 January 1837 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Moppels Abenteuer | Posse | 2 acts | Adolf Müller | 5 May 1837 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Das Haus der Temperamente | Posse | 2 acts | Adolf Müller | 16 November 1837 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Glück, Missbrauch und Rückkehr | Posse | 5 acts | Adolf Müller | 10 March 1838 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Der Kobold | Parodierende Zauberposse mit Gesang | 4 acts | Adolf Müller | 19 April 1838 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Gegen Torheit gibt es kein Mittel | Lustiges Trauerspiel mit Gesang | 3 parts | Adolf Müller | 3 November 1838 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Die verhängnisvolle Faschingsnacht | Lokalposse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 13 April 1839 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Der Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 15 January 1840 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Der Erbschleicher | Posse mit Gesang | 4 acts | Adolf Müller | 21 May 1840 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Der Talisman | Posse mit Gesang Posse mit Gesang Posse mit Gesang is a form of popular German-language music drama, that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early examples are sometimes called 'Possenspil' or 'Possenspiel'... |
3 acts | Adolf Müller | 16 December 1840 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 24 November 1841 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Prinz Friedrich | Historisch-romantisches Drama | 5 acts | Adolf Müller | 18 December 1841 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Einen Jux will er sich machen Einen Jux will er sich machen Einen Jux will er sich machen , , is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang, by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 10 March 1842... |
Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 10 March 1842 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Die Ereignisse im Gasthofe | Komische Szenenreihe | 1 act | 3 May 1842 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | ||
| Die Papiere des Teufels | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts and a prologue | Adolf Müller | 17 November 1842 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Liebesgeschichten und Heiratssachen | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 23 March 1843 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Das Quodlibet verschiedener Jahrhunderte | Scenen- und Personen-Durcheinander aus mehreren Stücken. | 3 parts, together with a prologue in 1 act: Die dramatischen Zimmerherrn |
12 May 1843 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | ||
| Nur Ruhe! | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 17 November 1843 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Eisenbahnheiraten | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Andreas Skutta | 3 January 1844 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Hinüber Herüber | Intermezzo Intermezzo In music, an intermezzo , in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work... |
16 March 1844 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |||
| Der Zerrissene | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 9 April 1844 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Die beiden Herren Söhne | Posse mit Gesang | 4 acts | Adolf Müller | 16 January 1845 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Das Gewürzkrämerkleeblatt | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 26 February 1845 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Unverhofft | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 23 April 1845 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Der Unbedeutende | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Adolf Müller | 2 May 1846 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Zwei ewige Juden und Keiner | Burleske | 2 acts | Adolf Müller | 4 August 1846 | Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt Theater in der Leopoldstadt The Theater in der Leopoldstadt was an opera house in Vienna, founded in 1781 by Karl von Marinelli, following the Schauspielfreiheit by Joseph II in 1776... |
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| Der Schützling | Posse mit Gesang | 4 acts | Adolf Müller | 9 April 1847 | Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt | |
| Die schlimmen Buben in der Schule | Burleske mit Gesang | 1 act | Michael Hebenstreit | 10 December 1847 | Vienna, Carltheater Carltheater The Carltheater was a theatre in Vienna. It was in the suburbs in Leopoldstadt at Praterstraße 31 .It was the successor to the Leopoldstädter Theater. After a series of financial difficulties, that theater had been sold in 1838 to the director, Carl Carl, who continued to run it in parallel to his... |
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| Martha oder Die Mischmonder Markt-Mägde-Mietung | Parodierende Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 25 January 1848 | Vienna, Carltheater | parody of Friedrich von Flotow Friedrich von Flotow Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow was a German composer. He is chiefly remembered for his opera Martha, which was popular in the 19th century.... 's Martha Martha (opera) Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond is a 'romantic comic' opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow, set to a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese and based on a story by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.... |
| Die Anverwandten | Posse mit Gesang | 5 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 25 May 1848 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Freiheit in Krähwinkel | Posse mit Gesang | 2 parts (three acts) | Michael Hebenstreit | 1 July 1848 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Lady und Schneider | Posse mit Gesang | 2 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 6 February 1849 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Judith und Holofernes | Travestie | 1 act | Michael Hebenstreit | 13 March 1849 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Höllenangst | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 17 November 1849 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Sie sollen ihn nicht haben, oder Der holländische Bauer | Faschingsposse mit Gesang | 2 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 12 January 1850 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Karikaturen-Charivari mit Heiratszweck | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 1 April 1850 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Alles will den Propheten sehen | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Carl Franz Stenzel | 4 May 1850 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Verwickelte Geschichte | Posse mit Gesang | 2 acts | Carl Franz Stenzel | 22 June 1850 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Mein Freund | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts and a prologue | Carl Franz Stenzel | 4 April 1851 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Der gemütliche Teufel | Zauberspiel mit Gesang und Tanz | 1 act | Karl Binder | 20 December 1851 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Kampl | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Karl Binder | 29 March 1852 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Heimliches Geld, heimliche Liebe | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | Karl Binder | 16 March 1853 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Theaterg’schichten durch Liebe, Intrige, Geld und Dummheit | Posse mit Gesang | 2 acts | Karl Binder | 1 February 1854 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Umsonst | Posse mit Gesang und Tanz | 3 acts | Karl Binder | 7 March 1857 | Vienna, Carltheater | |
| Tannhäuser | Zukunftsposse | 3 acts | Karl Binder | 31 October 1857 | Vienna, Carltheater | parody on Wagner Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas... 's opera |
| Ein gebildeter Hausknecht | Posse | 1 act | 11 September 1858 | Vienna, Carltheater | ||
| Lohengrin | Musikalisch-Dramatische Parodie | 4 scenes | Karl Binder | 31 March 1859 | Vienna, Carltheater | parody on Wagner's opera |
| Frühere Verhältnisse | Posse mit Gesang | 1 act | Anton M. Storch | 7 January 1862 | Vienna, Quai-Theater | |
| Häuptling Abendwind | Operette | 1 act | Offenbach Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr.... |
1 February 1862 | Vienna, Quai-Theater | adaptation of Philippe Gille Philippe Gille Philippe Gille was a French dramatist and opera librettist. He wrote over twenty librettos between 1857 and 1893, the most famous of which are Massenet's Manon and Delibes' Lakmé.-Librettos by Philippe Gille:... 's text for Offenbach's 1859 Vent du soir |
| Der alte Mann mit der jungen Frau | Posse mit Gesang | 4 acts | Michael Hebenstreit | 24 October 1890 | Vienna, Deutsches Volkstheater | Written in 1849 |
| Nur keck! | Posse mit Gesang | 3 acts | 2 July 1943 | Vienna, Burgtheater Burgtheater The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the... |
Written in 1856 | |
| Zeitvertreib | Posse | 1 act | Written in 1858 |