Hans Morgenstern

Hans Morgenstern (pseudonyms: Hans Schubert , Hans Wiener ; born February 17, 1905 in Vienna ; † October 22, 1965 ibid) was an Austrian merchant and playwright .

The full-time merchant had his first artistic success in 1934 with the suburban comedy , which premiered at the Raimund Theater in Vienna . After Austria's annexation in March 1938, he was deported to the Dachau concentration camp and, after his release in 1939, emigrated to Shanghai , where he did commercial work for Chinese and Russian companies.

He wrote about 20 pieces, a good dozen of which were performed. Together with Mark Siegelberg , he wrote the plays Fremde Erde and The Masks Fall , which were published posthumously in 1996. He also wrote feature sections for émigré newspapers and the British radio station XGDN ( XCDN ).

In 1947 he returned to Austria and wrote the television play Tingeltangel (with Curd Jürgens ) and the radio play The Princess of Condé and became known from 1958 onwards with the scripts for the Austrian television series Leitner family .

Plays

Suburban comedy , 1934
City park , 1950
Why not get married, gentlemen , in 1953
The lost , 1955
The bond for life , 1959
With best recommendations , 1963

literature

Otto F. Beer: Spring took place in the theater , in: Die Zeit , No. 23, June 7, 1956
Last Exit Shanghai. Cabaret in exile in the Far East , program (PDF). Research and program compilation by Elisabeth Buxsbaum and Georg Wacks. Armin Berg Society and Theater LEO, Vienna 2009

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personal data
SURNAME	Morgenstern, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schubert, Hans (pseudonym); Wiener, Hans (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian merchant and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	February 17, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1965
Place of death	Vienna