Armin Friedmann

Armin Friedmann (born December 31, 1863 in Budapest , † May 30, 1939 in Vienna ; pseudonyms: Fanfaron , Kassian ) was an Austrian playwright and journalist.

Life

Armin Friedmann was born as the son of the jeweler David Friedmann and his wife Josefine Friedmann, geb. Deaf, born in Budapest. He began his journalistic activity in 1888 for Über Land und Meer and in the following years wrote for the Neue Musikzeitung , Frankfurter Zeitung , Pester Lloyd , Wage , Wiener Mode , Wiener Zeitung and Wiener Abendpost, among others . At the end of 1919 he switched to the Neue Wiener Tagblatt as a permanent art consultant .

Armin Friedmann first appeared as a playwright in 1904 with the play Die Kunst für's Volk. Posse with singing in three acts (Theater in der Josefstadt). There is evidence that he wrote 60 plays under his name and 19 under the pseudonym Fanfaron. Among other things, he wrote comic operas, operettas, teasing, antics, comedies, comedies, folk plays, skits and revues. His works have been performed in the Neue Wiener Bühne , Rolandbühne , Residenzbühne , Carltheater , Theater in der Josefstadt , Apollo , Ronacher , Renaissancebühne , Café Lurion , Maxim , Hölle , Stark , Max & Moritz and Reklame .

Works

• Reduced! Fanfaron's life picture . (1923, Stark)
• Farewell to love. Fantastic comedy in one act by Fanfaron. (1913, Apollo)
• Poor Margret. A folk play from old Steyr in four acts by Armin Friedmann. Based on the novel of the same name by Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti . (1911, Deutsches Volkstheater)
• The bride in the bachelor home by Middleton and Olivier, German by Armin Friedmann (1929, comedy)
• The bridal shirt. Fantastic grotesque by Armin Friedmann. (1922, hell)
• Bride show in Nikolsburg. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Hans Kottow. (1923, New Vienna Stage)
• Caressa. The marksman. Sketch by Armin Friedmann. (1921, Stark)
• Casanova on the Rhine. A game in 3 acts by Armin Friedmann and Paul Frank . (1911)
• Doctor Stieglitz. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Ludwig Nerz. (1919, New Vienna Stage)
• The three graces. Waver in one act of Fanfaron. (1920, hell)
• Ambition in the kitchen. A small, comical opera in one act by Armin Friedmann. With free use of a template from Scribe . Music based on Albert Lortzing by Ary van Leeuwen (1921, Wiener Musikalische Kammerspiele)
• The first night. Sketch in one act by Fanfaron. (1917; 1922 Café Lurion)
• Once upon a time there was a coppersmith. Folk piece with singing in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1912, Raimund Theater)
• The Hatschek family from Armin Friedmann. (1924, Renaissance stage)
• The fireman. Posse in one act - based on a strange motif - by Fanfaron. (1915, Theater in der Josefstadt)
• Figurini. Sketch by Fanfaron. (1922, Café Lurion)
• Flora's daughters. Schwank in 3 acts by Armin Friedmann and Kurt Breuer (1935, Kammerspiele)
• Mrs. Breier from Gaya. Revue with three film interludes and a judicial aftermath by Alfred Deutsch-German and Armin Friedmann (1923, Rolandbühne)
• Mrs. Lohengrin. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Fritz Lunzer. (1922, renaissance stage)
• Fredericus Rex. A time image in one act by Armin Friedmann. Music after Frederick the Great by Ary van Leeuwen. (1921, Wiener Musikalische Kammerspiele)
• The leading brand. Comedy by Armin Friedmann and Fritz Gottwald (1934, Kammerspiele)
• The guest from Vienna. Schwank by Armin Friedmann and Fritz Lunzer (1929, Carltheater)
• The king's guest. Comical opera in three acts by Armin Friedmann. Loosely based on Charles Dickens . Music by Heinrich Reinhardt . (1915, Kaiserjubiläums- Stadttheater)
• A dangerous gentleman. Sketch in one act by Armin Friedmann. (1919, artist games "Pan"; 1925, advertising)
• General Goldschein. Story in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Gustav Beer . (1922, New Vienna Stage)
• The Girglhof. Posse / Farmer's Comedy by Armin Friedmann (1931, Neues Wiener Schauspielhaus)
• The lucky trumpeter. Love secret. Operetta in three acts by Gustav Beer and Armin Friedmann, music by Heinrich Reinhardt. (no year, Vienna Colosseum)
• The landlord of No. 17. Wiener Volksstück in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1917, Volksbühne)
• The Mr. Curator. Schwank in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1911, Theater in der Josefstadt)
• The chief director. Sketch by Fanfaron. (1923, hell)
• The lady of Byzantium. Tragic comedy in one act by Armin Friedmann. (1920, Ronacher)
• Ilonka. A comedy from the Viennese Rococo. Three files by Armin Friedmann. (1925, renaissance stage)
• In Schönbrunn. A piece with music freely based on Emil Balassa by Armin Friedmann and Gustav Beer. (1921, Rolandbühne)
• A cheeky face. Sketch in one act by Armin Friedmann. (1922, Stark)
• Little Dorrit. Comical opera in 3 acts by Armin Friedmann, freely based on Charles Dickens; Music by Heinrich Reinhardt.
• The little volcano. Schwank in three acts by Alexander Engel and Armin Friedman. (1910, New Vienna Stage)
• Konsul Max. Grotesque comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Fritz Lunzer. (1922, renaissance stage)
• The art for the people. Posse with singing in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Ludwig Wolff. (1904, Theater in der Josefstadt)
• Love at first sight. Grotesque in one act by Fanfaron with free use of a strange basic idea. (1915, Theater in der Josefstadt; 1916 Rideamus; 1919 Varieté Gartenbau)
• Madame Boccaccio. Schwank in three acts by Alexander Engel and Armin Friedmann. (1920, Theater in der Josefstadt)
• The girl dealer. Posse in one act by Fanfaron. (1922, Stark)
• Mama Bluestone. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Gustav Beer. (1923, Theater in der Josefstadt; 1923, Rolandbühne)
• Marquis Komaro. Fantastic sketch by Fanfaron. (1922, Max & Moritz)
• Masks of love. Fantastic comedy in one act by Armin Friedmann. (1919, artist games "Pan")
• Maxi. Comedy in one act by Armin Friedmann and Louis Taufstein. (1924, advertisement)
• My husband, the great artist. Schwank in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1925, Volkstheater im kk Prater)
• Miss Eccentric. Operetta in one act by Alexander Engel and Armin Friedmann. Music by Heinrich Reinhardt. (1910, Apollo)
• Miss Pastrana. Posse in one act by Fanfaron. (1924, advertisement)
• Mitzi's hen party. Sketch by Fanfaron. (1921, hell)
• Moritz, the good guy. Schwank in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Julius Horst. (1924, New Vienna City Theater)
• Mozart on the trip to Prague. Singspiel in one act by Armin Friedmann. Adapted from WA Mozart by Ary van Leeuwen. (1921, Wiener Musikalische Kammerspiele)
• After the redoubt. In red light. Sketch in one act by Armin Friedmann. (1921, artist games "Pan")
• The (new) movie star. A fanfaron movie shooter. (1921, Maxim)
• Olga, the pearl. Schwank in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1925, Residenzbühne)
• Uncle Bernhard. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Hans Kottow. (1915, New Vienna Stage)
• Paula Pelikan's bankruptcy. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Ludwig Nerz. (1926, Rolandbühne)
• Pepi the pearl by Armin Friedmann. (1925, Rolandbühne)
• President stopper. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Gustav Beer. (1920, New Vienna Stage)
• Professor Jonas or Balaena mysticetus L. Fantastic grotesque in one act by Fanfaron. (1921, Deutsches Volkstheater)
• Authorized signatory Poldi. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Ludwig Nerz. (1917, New Vienna Stage)
• The Rachel. Comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1923, Theater in der Josefstadt)
• Captain Barches. Comedy in one act by Fanfaron and Harry Lutz. (1922, Café Lurion)
• The red line. Tragic comedy in one act by Armin Friedmann. (1921, hell)
• The singer's curse by Armin Friedmann. (1908, Theater in der Josefstadt)
• Scoundrel! Chantecler up to date. A parodic ballet operetta from the bird kingdom of Fanfaron. (1910, Apollo)
• Schottenring by Armin Friedmann and Ludwig Nerz (1933, Kammerspiele)
• Be embraced trillions. Schwank in 6 pictures by Armin Friedmann and Alfred Deutsch-German. (1924, Rolandbühne)
• You and your carpenter. Viennese folk piece with singing in three acts by Armin Friedmann and Fritz Lunzer. (1924, Volkstheater im kk Prater)
• The Stamp. Waver in one act of Fanfaron. (1920, strong)
• Susanna in the bath. Schwank in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1924, Residenzbühne)
• The aunt from Dingsda. Burlesque in one act by Fanfaron and Harry Lutz. (1922, Café Lurion)
• Theater blood. Operetta in two acts by Armin Friedmann and Gustav Beer. (1920, Apollo)
• The Thomas Cantor. A German comedy in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1917, Deutsches Volkstheater)
• Loyal, hardworking and honest. A Viennese antics game from Fanfaron's time in Backhändel. (1919 Theater in der Josefstadt; 1922 Hölle; 1923 Rolandbühne)
• The impossible go-go. A day in the life of a running girl. In five pictures by Paul Frank and Armin Friedmann. (1924, Residenzbühne)
• Fancy world history? Revue by Fritz Grünbaum and Armin Friedmann (1928, Boulervard Theater)
• The Viennese Hannswurst. An old Viennese antics game in three acts by Armin Friedmann. (1917, New Vienna Stage)
• The widow. Comedy in 3 acts by Renato Simoni. Freely translated from the Venetian dialect and edited for the German stage by Armin Friedmann. (1908, Theater in der Josefstadt)
• The Zuwag. Wiener Volksstück by Armin Friedmann and Kurt Breuer (1936, Citizens' Theater)

literature

• Johannes A. Löcker: Armin Friedmann and the entertainment theater in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2014 ( PDF; 745 kB )

Web links

• Literature by and about Armin Friedmann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wedding book of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien ( online ).
2. ↑ Kosel: German-Austrian Artist and Writer Lexicon, p. 286.
3. ↑ Rudolf Holzer: "Armin Friedmann", in: Wiener Zeitung No. 1, Volume 240, January 1, 1947, p. 6.
4. ^ Johannes A. Löcker: Armin Friedmann and the entertainment theater in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2014, pp. 9–10.