Paul Lindau
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Paul Lindau (3 June 1839 – 31 January 1919) was a German dramatist and novelist.
Life and Works
Lindau was born in
Two books of travel, Aus Venetien (Düsseldorf, 1864) and Aus Paris (Stuttgart, 1865), were followed by some volumes of critical studies, written in a light, satirical vein, which at once made him famous. These were Harmlose Briefe eines deutschen Kleinstädters (Leipzig, 2 vols., 1870), Moderne Märchen fur grosse Kinder (Leipzig, 1870) and Literarische Rücksichtslosigkeiten (Leipzig, 1871). He was appointed intendant of the court theatre at Meiningen in 1895, but removed to Berlin in 1899, where he became manager of the Berliner Theater, and subsequently, until 1905, the Deutsches Theater.[2]
He began his dramatic career in 1868 with Marion, the first of a long series of plays in which he displayed a remarkable talent for stage effect and a command of witty and lively dialogue. Among the more famous were Maria und Magdalena (1872), Tante Therese (1876), Gräfin Lea (1879), Die Erste (1895), Der Abend (1896), Der Herr im Hause (1899), and So ich dir (1903). He also adapted many plays by
Brother
His brother, Rudolf Lindau (b. 1829), was a well-known diplomat and author.[2]
Britannica References
- Hadlich, Paul Lindau als dramatischer Dichter (2nd ed., Berlin, 1876).
References
- ^ Wilhelm, Gertraude, "Lindau, Paul" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 14 (1985), p. 573-575. Online version.
- ^ a b c d public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lindau, Paul". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 717–718. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Media related to Paul Lindau at Wikimedia Commons