Johanna Franul von Weißenthurn

Johanna Franul von Weißenthurn (16 February 1773 – 17 May 1845)[1] was a German actress and playwright.[2]

Johanna Franul von Weißenthurn

Biography

Johanna Franul von Weißenthurn was born on 16 February 1773 in Koblenz, Germany. Her father, Benjamin Grünberg, was an actor. She moved to Munich in 1788, and later settled in Vienna. She performed at different theaters including Munich and Vienna.[3] The kind of characters she chose, and the way she expressed her emotions at the stage made her “an international celebrity.”[1] She wrote many plays, and known for staging “popular sentimental family drama.”[4] She was also the author of numerous comedies and romantic dramas.[5][6] She used to ensure that these dramas were frequently performed.[7]

In 1791 she married Alois Franul von Weißenthurn (1759–1817).[6] She was one of the prolific dramatists, who used to supply wealth of scripts, and new plays to meet the "demand for the large number of performances".[8][9]

She was a member of the Burgtheater company in Vienna from 1789 until 1842.[4]

She died in Vienna on 17 May 1845.[1]

References
  1. Warner, Charles Dudley (1 July 2008). A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XLII (Forty-Five Volumes). New York: Cosimo, Inc. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-605-20249-5. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. Colvin, Sarah (2003). Women and German Drama: Playwrights and Their Texts, 1860-1945. London: Camden House. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-571-13274-1. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. Burwick, Frederick (30 January 2012). The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 481. ISBN 978-1-405-18810-4. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1999). The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: 1791-1839. Vancouver, British Columbia: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-838-63789-0. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. Eigler, Friederike Ursula (1997). The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-29313-9. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. Clive, H. P. (2001). Beethoven and His World: A Biographical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-198-16672-6. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. Dawson, Ruth P. (2002). The Contested Quill: Literature by Women in Germany, 1770-1800. Delaware: University of Delaware Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-874-13762-0. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. Wurst, Karin A. (2005). Fabricating Pleasure: Fashion, Entertainment, and Cultural Consumption in Germany, 1780-1830. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-814-33131-6. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  9. Clausen, Jeanette (1 January 1993). Women in German Yearbook. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-803-29746-3. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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