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Zahlhas, Johann Baptist von, 1787-1870

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Personal name headingZahlhas, Johann Baptist von, 1787-1870
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Variant(s)Zahlhaas, Johann Baptist, 1787-1870
Zahlhas, Johann Baptist, Ritter von, 1787-1870
Von Zahlhas, Johann Baptist, 1787-1870
See alsoAlternate identity: Neufeld
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Birth date1787-09-28
Death date1870-12-30
Place of birthVienna (Austria)
Place of deathVienna (Austria)
Profession or occupationActors Dramatists Poets Theatrical producers and directors
Found inDas Leben ein Traum: Schauspiel in fünf Aufzügen, 1818: title page (translation for the German stage edited by Johann Baptist von Zahlhas)
Neue Schauspiele, 1824: title page (Johann Baptist v. Zahlhas)
Deutsche National Bibliothek, November 6, 2015 (Zahlhas, Johann Baptist von, 1787-1870; male; German; writer, actor, impresario; knight (Ritter); other names: Zahlhaas, Johann Baptist, Neufeld (Pseudonym))
Deutsche Biographie, via WWW, November 6, 2015 (Zahlhas, Johann Baptist; Johann Baptist Ritter von Z., called Neufeld, poet and actor, born in Vienna in 1787; he began his acting career at the Vienna Court Theatre; in 1817 he was engaged in Leipzig and played here under the name Neufeld; in 1821 he came to the court theater in Munich, then moved to Bremen; from 1825 to 1827 he was at the Dresden Court Theatre as an actor, then he went to Darmstadt until 1832; he lived in various places until 1842, when he took over as director of the Court Theatre in Sondershausen; after this he transferred his residence to Lucka bei Altenburg; in old age he moved to his native city of Vienna, where he died in 1870; he is better known not as an actor but as a playwright; his first literary work was an edition of a translation of Caldero's Life is a Dream for the stage (1818); he also wrote a number of historical tragedies and comedies, such as Louis XIV and his court (Leipzig 1846))
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe, via WWW, November 6, 2015 (Zahlhas, Johann Baptist; Zahlhas, Johann Baptist Ritter von; other names: Zahlhaas, Johann Baptist; pseudonym: Neufeld; born Septemer 28, 1787 in Vienna; died December 20, 1870 in Vienna; actor, poet, theater director)
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