Franz and Paul von Schönthan
Franz and Paul von Schönthan were two Austrian brothers who worked as writers , theater directors and journalists. They come from the noble von Pernwaldt family .
Above all, they wrote theater history with the jointly written Schwank Der Raub der Sabinerinnen from 1884. Franz von Schönthan and Paul von Schönthan also worked independently as writers.
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Together they wrote several comedies, among which The Rape of the Sabine Women from 1884 became a classic . The dramatic works of the brothers in themselves are regarded by theater studies as “ clothes ” in the succession of August von Kotzebue . The ability of both of them to work out the comic element from any everyday situation is emphasized. In this they are forerunners of modern tabloid comedy .
Their other joint work also includes a number of humoresques . A book edition of these pieces issued during his lifetime comprised seven volumes.
In 1885 Franz von Schönthan played the main role of the smear theater director Striese in The Robbery of the Sabine Women . The brothers had designed the role according to their own example.
Works
- The Rape of the Sabine Women, 1884
- Small humoresques, 7 volumes
literature
- Volker Klotz : civil laughter theater. Comedy, farce, swank, operetta . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-423-04357-1 , ( Dtv Wissenschaft 4357).
- Alain Michel: The military sway of Imperial Germany. Dramaturgical structure and political function of a trivial comedy form . Academic publisher H.-D. Heinz, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-88099-114-6 , ( Stuttgart work on German studies 110).
Web links
- Works by Franz and Paul von Schönthan at Zeno.org .