Gottlieb Fischer (playwright)

Gottlieb Fischer (born March 15, 1867 in Altenburg , † July 5, 1962 in Minusio ) was a Swiss playwright .

Life

Gottlieb Fischer was born on March 15, 1867 as the son of the teacher Gottlieb Fischer senior. born in Altenburg. Like his father, he trained as a teacher and initially worked in this profession in Fahrwangen , from 1891 in Kaiserstuhl and finally from 1904 in Aarau .

Gottlieb Fischer, who married Bertha (née Schmied) in 1893, died at the age of 95 in Minusio in the canton of Ticino .

Act

Fischer made his name as an author of historical dramas and comedies . In 1952, in view of the 150th anniversary of the canton of Aargau, he submitted the Niklaus Leuenberger Festival , which was not taken into account but was performed in memory of the Peasants' War in Wohlenschwil .

Works

• Bertha Steiger. Tragedy in three acts (= library of patriotic plays. No. 58/59, ZDB -ID 2250048-0 ). Sauerlander, Aarau 1898.
• Cardinal Schinner. Drama in 5 acts (= library of patriotic plays. No. 73/74). Sauerlander, Aarau 1901.
• Festival for the Aargauer Centenarfeier 1903. Aargauer Tagblatt printing house, Aarau 1903.
• Arnold von Melchtal. Festive drama in 3 acts. Sauerlander, Aarau 1907.
• The castle by the sea. Drama in four acts. JG Cotta successor, Stuttgart et al. 1907.
• Heinrich Pestalozzi. A game on the day of his death, February 17, 1827. Sauerlander, Aarau 1926.
• Purechrieg. Acting in 3 acts. Sauerländer, Aarau 1952.

literature

• Wilhelm Kosch : German Literature Lexicon. Biographical-bibliographical manual. Volume 5: Filek - Fux. 3rd, completely revised edition. Francke, Bern et al. 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1265-5 , p. 98.
• Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Fischer, Gottlieb. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .