Gustav Kadelburg was a Hungarian-German

Germany

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 Jewish actor

Actor

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, dramatist, writer

Writer

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He made his first appearance at Leipzig

Leipzig

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 in 1869, and two years later played at the Wallnertheater in Berlin. He was very successful in comedy

Comedy

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 parts, but abandoned the stage to write comedies and farces.

Literary works

His best-known plays (some written in conjunction with Oscar Blumenthal

Oscar Blumenthal

Oscar Blumenthal or Oskar Blumenthal was a German playwright and drama critic.-Biography:...

 and Von Schönthan) are:

• In Civil
• Die Berühmte Frau
• Grossstadtluft
• Die Orientreise
• Der Herr Senator
• Zwei Wappen
• Der Wilde Baron
• Migräne
• Mauerblümchen
• Zum Wolthätigen Zweck
• Im Weissen Rössl