Wilhelm Floto

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Wilhelm Floto (born June 14, 1812 in Tangermünde , † February 22, 1869 in Braunschweig ) was a German pharmacist and comedy writer.

After training in a pharmacy, he studied chemistry at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig and received first prize in a competition. After completing his studies, he became the administrator and later tenant of the homeopathic pharmacy in Braunschweig. Tied to the house by sickness, he wrote comedies in his spare time. After several strokes, Floto died at the age of 56.

Works

  • The green man or the comedy on Wiesenstedt , comedy in 5 acts (1846)
  • Das Sonntagsräuschchen , Schwank in 1 Akt (1846), performed repeatedly on almost all German theaters
  • They get themselves , Schwank in 1 act (1847)
  • Nothing easier than that , comedy in 5 acts (1850)
  • The divorce files as a marriage broker , comedy in 1 act (1851)
  • Gentlemen's whistles and servants' tricks , comedy in 5 acts (1852, reworking of “Nothing easier than that”), more than 50 performances in a row in Berlin
  • Love and Caprice , comedy in 4 acts (1853)
  • The Hypochondrist , Schwank in 1 act (1853)
  • The Peacemaker , Schwank in 1 act (1853)
  • A Schalk , comedy in 3 acts (1854)
  • The Holberg House , play in 5 acts (1855, together with Karl Köchy )
  • Just not to the jury , Schwank (1858)
  • The pigtail cutter , Schwank in 1 act (1858)
  • A false Schiller , comedy in 5 acts (1860)
  • Schiller in Schweinfurt , Posse in 3 acts (1868, revision of "A false Schiller")

Several songs written by Floto have been set to music by Franz Abt .

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personal data
SURNAME Floto, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and comedy writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Tangermünde
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1869
Place of death Braunschweig