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Johann Nestroy

JOHANN NESTROY   (1801 - 1862)

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Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Johann Nestroy

GEOFFREY SKELTON  

As You Were

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n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French Ltd, London

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation Farce

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

Josephine has dismissed the servants and she and her husband Scheirtermann are having to do without. Scheirtermann lives in dread that his wife - the daughter of a university professor - will discover his humble origins. He is the son of a cobbler and was once a servant himself

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ROBERT HARRISON  

House of Humors, The

1st Produced:

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Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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KATHERINA WILSON  

House of Humors, The

1st Produced:

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- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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ROBERT HARRISON  

Judith and Holofernes

1st Produced:

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Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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KATHERINA WILSON  

Judith and Holofernes

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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COLIN WELCH  

Liberty Comes To Krahwinkel

1st Produced:

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- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Tulane Drama Review number Five" 1960/61

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

1848 and revolution is in the air in Europe. In the town of Krahwinkel also. The Mayor tries to keep things in check. Ultra a radical journalist arrives in town. The Mayor complains to him that a mob has attacked him and broken his staff of office. Ultra

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SYBIL WELCH  

Liberty Comes To Krahwinkel

1st Produced:

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- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Tulane Drama Review number Five" 1960/61

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

1848 and revolution is in the air in Europe. In the town of Krahwinkel also. The Mayor tries to keep things in check. Ultra a radical journalist arrives in town. The Mayor complains to him that a mob has attacked him and broken his staff of office. Ultra leaves straight away to become leader of the mob. The Mayor decides to neutralise Ultra and offers him the job of town censor. At the Mayor's office Ultra meets and falls in love with the widow Frau von Frankenfey - she is there to try and get the Mayor to make the Prior hand over her husband's will. But the Mayor and the Prior are colluding to cheat her out of her inheritance. Ultra refuses to become the censor and is ordered out of town

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JOSEPH FABRY  

Love Affairs and Wedding Bells

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Comedies" published by Ungar, New York, 1967

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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MAX KNIGHT  

Love Affairs and Wedding Bells

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Comedies" published by Ungar, New York, 1967

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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ROBERT HARRISON  

Man Full of Nothing, A

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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JOSEPH FABRY  

Man Full Of Nothing, A

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Comedies By Johann Nestroy" published by Ungar 1967

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

Von Lips is bored and nothing his friends suggest interest him until one of them suggests he get married. He likes the idea and he proposes to the first woman he meets

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MAX KNIGHT  

Man Full Of Nothing, A

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Comedies By Johann Nestroy" published by Ungar 1967

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

Von Lips is bored and nothing his friends suggest interest him until one of them suggests he get married. He likes the idea and he proposes to the first woman he meets

Further Reference:

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KATHERINA WILSON  

Man Full of Nothing, A

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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GEOFFREY SKELTON  

Man in Two Minds, A

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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THORNTON WILDER  

Matchmaker, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French Inc, New York

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#89953

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Genre:

adaptation, Comedy

Parts:

Male

9

Female

7

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

A rich merchant in need of a wife hires Dolly Levi, the Matchmaker, to find him one. Hello, Dolly&..

Further Reference:

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THORNTON WILDER  

Merchant of Yonkers, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Harper 1939

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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TOM STOPPARD  

On the Razzle

1st Produced:

Edinburgh

1981

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 1981

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

15

Female

9

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy (Einen Jus wer er sich machen)

Synopsis:

Two workers in search of wine, women, mirth and laughter try to avoid their employer as they gallivant through Vienna.

Further Reference:

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JOSEPH FABRY  

Talisman, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Comedies" published by Ungar, New York, 1967

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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ROBERT HARRISON  

Talisman, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#76870

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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MAX KNIGHT  

Talisman, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in:"Three Comedies" published by Ungar, New York, 1967

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#76873

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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DOUGLAS A RUSSELL  

Talisman, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in "An Anthology of Austrian Drama" published by Assoc University Press, 1982

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#76874

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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KATHERINA WILSON  

Talisman, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

Contained in: "Three Viennese Comedies" published by Camden House, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#76871

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

0

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Nestroy

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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ALAN BROWNJOHN  

Torquato Tasso

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Organisations:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#102445

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Commissioned by The National Theatre, London, who have an option; broadcast BBC radio, 1982, as part of the Goethe anniversary festival.

Synopsis:

A play by Goethe translated by Mr. Brownjohn from a liberal translation. This is the author's classic drama of the Renaissance at the Court of Ferrara.

Further Reference:

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