Josef Kilian Schickh

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Josef Kilian Schickh (born January 7, 1799 in Wien-Landstrasse , † May 22, 1851 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer who mainly wrote magical fairy tales , local antics and parodies for the old Viennese folk theater of the three Viennese suburban theaters . He was the nephew of the journalist Johann Schickh and a contemporary of Johann Nestroy , Karl Meisl , Josef Alois Gleichs and Franz Xaver Tolds .

Life

Josef Kilian Schickh was born in 1799 as the son of the Viennese businessman Josef Schickh, attended the academic high school and began his military service in 1815 as a Fourier in the Fuhrwesenkorps (Train) . In 1819 he resigned and worked first in the court war bookkeeping, later at the universal cameral pay office (until 1845). Then he switched to the Universal State and Banco Debt Fund, where he remained until his death. He was married to the actress Antonie Schickh (1808-1870).

Writing activity

In addition to his civil service career, he wrote over 70 plays for the suburban theaters of Vienna, with which he achieved considerable success - although they mostly only achieved (deliberately) mediocrity. His first work ("Pluto and Proserpina or: The Simandl from the Underworld") was performed in the Josefstädter Theater in 1821 , and in the same year he was presented for the first time in the Leopoldstädter Theater . From 1829 to 1831 he wrote a number of parodies for the Theater an der Wien - including the Raimund parody in 1830, Die goldpapierene Zauberkrone or: Nothing is impossible , on its play Die ominbringende Zauberkrone ; The fatal lemonade followed in 1831, or: Love and Cabal , after Schiller's Cabal and Love .

In 1831 he was hired by the Leopoldstädter Theater as a poet, but soon returned to the Josefstädter Theater. The competition with the then very popular playwright Franz Xaver Told made him switch to the Theater an der Wien, but his heyday was over. His work Die Hammerschmiedin from Styria or: Follow a country party (music by Franz von Suppè ) was one of his last successes in 1842. He fought a long press war with the critic Moritz Saphir in the magazines Der Wanderer and Der Humorist , as he was one of his fiercest opponents. He shared this fate with Johann Nestroy, even if the latter was by far the better and more successful theater writer.

Once, however, he managed to "defeat" his overwhelming competitors: his parody of the fairy ballet The Kobold , choreographed and danced by the famous Jules Perrot , was better judged by the contemporary press than Nestroy's play The Kobold and Tolds of the same name. In September 1838 Schickh's work Noch ein Kobold was published, but probably the last one or: The young gentleman must wander and, in contrast to Told's and Nestroy’s versions, found a positive reception (“[…] so every impartial person will have quietly added: And the best so far! ")

Works (excerpt)

  • Pluto and Proserpina or: The Simandl from the Underworld. 1821.
  • Staberl as dead. 1828
  • The elegant Bräumisterin or: the latest way of paying old debts. 1830.
  • The fateful lemonade or: love and cabal. 1831, music by Adolf Müller senior .
  • The struggle of luck with merit or: the invention of chance. 1833.
  • Adelaide or: Ten Years from the Life of a Singer. 1834.
  • Asmodi or: The Evil Woman and Satan. 1834.
  • The beautiful Dutch woman. 1835, music by Adolf Müller senior.
  • Hans Jörgel in Vienna or: The Surprise in the Flora Temple. 1835, music by Adolf Müller senior.
  • The magic diadem or: the adventure of a housemaid. 1836, music by Michael Hebenstreit .
  • Another goblin, but probably the last or: The young gentleman has to wander. 1838, music by Heinrich Proch .
  • The local singer and her father or: The theater in the theater. 1839.
  • The hammer smith from Styria or: Follow a country party. 1842, music by Franz von Suppè .
  • Mrs. v (on) Trumau and Mr. v (on) Tinderl or the modern inns . no year, carnival game with chants; between 1830 and 1848 prohibited by censors .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The collector of September 22, 1838.
  2. ↑ a b c d e lost; only found in newspapers and almanacs
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g manuscript collection of the Austrian National Library ; Manuscript collection of the Vienna Library in the City Hall
  4. ↑ The beautiful Dutch woman. on digital-sammlungen.de
  5. ↑ Heinrich Proch / Joseph Kilian Schickh: The Kobold or: The young gentleman must wander. Posse with song and dance in two acts plus a prelude: Dichterleiden, by Joseph Schickh. Music by Heinrich Proch. In: Historical performance material of the Bavarian State Opera. 1839.
  6. ↑ The goblin or: The young gentleman must wander. on digital-sammlungen.de
  7. ^ F (riedrich) Arnold Mayer : censorship files from Baden near Vienna . In: Hans Devrient (Ed.): Archive for Theater History , Volume I, Fleischel, Berlin 1904, p. 20. - Online .
personal data
SURNAME Schickh, Josef Kilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian playwright
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1851
Place of death Vienna