Anton Bittner

Anton Bittner (born July 30, 1820 in Melk , † June 7, 1881 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actor, folk writer and librettist .

Life

Little is known about Bittner's life. He began his stage career as an extra at the Theater in der Josefstadt , then he went to some north German provincial theaters as an actor. He returned to Vienna around 1850, and from 1860 he wrote folk plays and librettos, which were usually not particularly successful. In 1876 he began to suffer from a mental illness that made it impossible for him to continue in his profession. He was admitted to the Lower Austrian insane asylum on Brünnlfeld .

Anton Bittner is buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

The two one-act plays Everything with Steam and The Ice Shaft , written by Bittner in 1858 , became on April 29th together with Johann Nestroy's one-act farce, Verwickelte Geschichte! premiered in the Carltheater , but they had no audience success and were panned by the critics. To leave Bittner's one-act play Zimmer und Cabinet , an arrangement of Hermann Salingré's piece, was part of the premiere of Nestroy's abridged work Free of charge! on January 4, 1858.

Works (excerpts)

1858: Die Natur-Grille , Berlin (together with Moritz Engländer)
1860: Furniture fatalities , Vienna
1861: The donkey's milk , Vienna (together with Charles Dupeuty )
1862: Just no protection , Vienna (music by Carl Binder )
1862: The thirteenth coat , Vienna (music by Carl Binder)
1862: Domestic pranks , Vienna (music by Carl Binder)
1865: A light person , Vienna (music by August Conradi )

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Bittner, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 484 ( digitized version ).
Bittner, Anton (approx. 1820–1880), folk writer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 88.
Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , 6 volumes, 2nd, updated and expanded edition, Vienna 2004, ISBN 978-3-218-00740-5 . Anton Bittner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

Individual evidence

^ Walter Obermaier (Ed.): Johann Nestroy, pieces 29. In: Jürgen Hein , Johann Hüttner , Walter Obermaier, W. Edgar Yates : Johann Nestroy, Complete Works, Historisch-Kritische Ausgabe. Franz Deuticke Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-216-30340-3 , pp. 322–331.
↑ Facsimile of the theater ticket from Peter Branscombe (Ed.): Johann Nestroy; Pieces 35. In: Jürgen Hein / Johann Hüttner / Walter Obermaier / W. Edgar Yates: Johann Nestroy, Complete Works, Historical-Critical Edition. Deuticke, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-216-30315-2 , p. 18.

personal data
SURNAME	Bittner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian actor, folk writer and librettist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melk
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1881
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Walter Obermaier (Ed.): Johann Nestroy, pieces 29. In: Jürgen Hein , Johann Hüttner , Walter Obermaier, W. Edgar Yates : Johann Nestroy, Complete Works, Historisch-Kritische Ausgabe. Franz Deuticke Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-216-30340-3 , pp. 322–331.

[2] Facsimile of the theater ticket from Peter Branscombe (Ed.): Johann Nestroy; Pieces 35. In: Jürgen Hein / Johann Hüttner / Walter Obermaier / W. Edgar Yates: Johann Nestroy, Complete Works, Historical-Critical Edition. Deuticke, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-216-30315-2 , p. 18.