Barbara Zweig

This article describes the playwright named Barbara Zweig ; for the custom, see Barbarazweig .

Barbara Zweig (born August 15, 1866 in Vienna ; † April 20, 1929 there ) was an Austrian playwright . She was also known under the name Betty Zweig or Betti Zweig .

life and career

Barbara Zweig was born on August 15, 1866 in the city ​​of Vienna, which was part of the Austrian Empire at the time . Around 1904 her first well-known work was published with the title Catherine of Alexandria , a play in 4 acts . After she had brought out the play Liebe um Liebe in 1907 , the play Christ Eve and the play Ein Wettstreit followed in 1911 . In 1913 she published the play Nesthäkchen , a play in five acts. In the same year the play Heinzelmännchen was performed, before the plays Die Waise , Die Dichternärrin and the festival The Sun of Our Life followed in the following year . In 1915 she published A Quiet Party and the play The Friends . A year later she brought God's Ways Are Wonderful and A Name Day Tale to the stage. After she had published The Engaged Grandmother (1919) and The Servant of Our Lady (1920) in the following years , she published the play in 4 acts with the title Mother's Love in 1922 . Zweig died on April 20, 1929 at the age of 62 in the federal capital, which now belongs to Austria .

Works (selection)

• 1904: Catherine of Alexandria (play in 4 acts)
• 1907: love for love (play)
• 1911: Christmas Eve (play)
• 1911: a competition
• 1913: Nesthäkchen (play in 5 acts)
• 1913: Brownies
• 1914: the orphan
• 1914: The Sun of Our Lives (Festival)
• 1914: The poet fool
• 1915: a quiet party
• 1915: The girlfriends (play)
• 1916: God's ways are wonderful
• 1916: A name day fairy tale
• 1919: The betrothed grandmother
• 1920: Our Lady Servant
• 1922: Mother's love (play in 4 acts)

Literature & Sources (selection)

• Ilse Korotin (Ed.): BiografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Volume 3: P-Z. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , p. 3662.