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, following the ''Schauspielfreiheit'' (ending of the court's monopoly on entertainment) by Joseph II in 1776. The 19th-century summer stage called the Thaliatheater was also managed by the Leopoldstadt. In its early years, the theatre staged

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e and Possen mit Gesang, notably by the theatre's

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and his assistant

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. The dramatist Ferdinand Raimund worked with the theatre in the 1820s. The theatre was eventually demolished and rebuilt in 1847, under the name of the

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Premieres

*1784: ''Der Streit zwischen dem Zauberer Scionco und der Fee Galantina, oder Kasperl bleibt Kasperl'', comedy with machines and music by

*1784: ''Harlekin auf dem Parade Beth'', große Pantomime by

*1790: ''Das Sonnenfest der Braminen'' heroisch-komisches

by Müller *1791: ''Kaspar der Fagottist oder Die Zauberzither'', Singspiel by Müller *1793: ''Das neue Sonntagskind'' Singspiel by Müller *1794: ''Die Schwestern von Prag'', Singspiel by Müller *1797: ''Das lustige Beylager'', Singspiel by Müller *1798: ''Das Donauweibchen'', romantisch-komisches Volksmärchen by Kauer *1799: ''Die Teufels Mühle am Wienerberg'',

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by Müller *1804: ''Die Belagerung von Ypsilon'', Karikaturoperette by Müller *1807: ''Javima'', Oper by Müller *1808: ''Samson'', Melodram by Müller *1809: ''Simon Plattkopf, der Unsichtbare'', Singspiel by Müller *1816: ''Der Fiaker al Marquis'', komische Oper by Müller *1822: ''Aline oder Wien in einem andern Welttheil''

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by Müller *1823: ''Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel''

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by Müller to a text by Ferdinand Raimund *1825: ''Der schwarze See'', Zauberspiel (posse) *1826: ''Herr Josef und Frau Baberl'', Posse by Müller *1828: ''Die gefesselte Phantasie'', Zauberspiel (Posse) by Müller to a text by Raimund *1828: ''Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind'', romantisch-komisches Zauberspiel (Posse) by Müller to a text by Raimund

Bibliography

* Grund, H.: ''Das Leopoldstädter "Kasperltheater" 1781 bis 1831''. Vienna, University, Dissertation, 1921 * Hadamowsky, Franz: ''Das Theater in der Leopoldstadt von 1781 bis 1860''. Vienna : Höfel, 1934

References

*Carner, Mosco at al. (1992), 'Vienna' in ''The

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