Hans Müller-Schlösser (born 14 June 1884 in Düsseldorf; died 21 March 1956 in Düsseldorf) was a German poet and playwright closely associated with his native city of

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

. Müller-Schlösser is best known for his 1913 play '' Wibbel the Tailor'', which inspired a 1938 opera by

Mark Lothar Mark Lothar ó:tar(born Lothar Hundertmark; 23 May 1902, in Berlin – 6 April 1985, in Munich) was a German composer. In May 1938 his opera '' Tailor Wibbel'', inspired by a play by Hans Müller-Schlösser, was performed at the Berlin State Op ...

and a number of film adaptations including '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) directed by and starring

Paul Henckels Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his e ...

.Grange p.355

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

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* Writers from Düsseldorf 1884 births 1956 deaths German male poets German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German poets 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub