Adolf Bahn

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Adolf Bahn (born June 7, 1813 in Berlin , † March 7, 1882 in Wiesbaden ) was a German translator, writer and librettist .

Bahn initially took to the stage as an actor. In 1833 he made his debut at the Dessau Court Theater under director Julius Miller . He then played the young lover in Altenburg and Coburg until he ended his acting career in 1838. Instead he became a playwright and in 1848 the owner of Bahnschen Buchdruckerei in Berlin.

Bahn wrote antics ( A marriage for two hours 1853, Ha, what a pleasure to be a bachelor! 1855), comedies in one ( A recipe for newlyweds 1870) and two ( The Last Honeymoon 1864) files as well as "character pictures " ( Mercadet, der Stock market speculator 1852, Looking for an educator 1870); he translated operettas by Jacques Offenbach and Fournier and edited many French dramas for German theaters. Bahn lived in Wiesbaden from the beginning of the 1860s.

Translations (selection)

Works (selection)

  • Berlin's People's Struggle, 1848
  • Mercadat, character picture in 3 acts. 1852
  • Stage plays for the German theater (A man like many, When the shoe pinches, A rare woman), 1854 to 1858
  • Cabinet particular, or: An hour in the Paris cellar, Felix Bloch Erben , 1855
  • Wollenweber and Triesel, 1857
  • Comedian and soubrette. Quodlibet in 1 act. 1858
  • Mamsell Uebermuth, 1860
  • His friend Babolin, comedy in 1 act, 1865
  • A little demon, comedy in 3 acts, 1866
  • A game of piquet, comedy in 1 act. 1866
  • Honeymoon! or: Good advice for newlyweds, comedy, decision, 1875

literature

  • Stage almanac
  • Bahn, Adolf. In: Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. 6th edition. Reclam, Leipzig 1913. Volume 1, pp. 107-108 ( digitized version ).
  • Bahn, Adolf. In: Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon. Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1953. Volume 1, p. 66.
  • Bahn, Adolf. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 1: A-Benc. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-598-22681-0 , pp. 309-316.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bahn, Adolf. In: Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Volume 1, Leipzig 1913, p. 107.
  2. ^ Journal for the German-Austrian grammar schools. Volume 33, 1882. p. 488
  3. ^ Annals of the Society for Nassau Antiquity and History Research, Volume 17. 1882, p. 54
  4. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Bahn, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German translator and writer (librettist)
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1882
Place of death Wiesbaden