Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925) was a German
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
, who concentrated largely on creating
farces notably the 1890 work ''
Pension Schöller'' which he co-authored with
Carl Laufs. He was the father of the film director
George Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
, bfi.org.uk; accessed ...
, who adapted ''Pension Schöller'' into film on three occasions.
Selected works
* ''
The Duchess of Athens'' (1883)
* ''
Pension Schöller'' (1890)
Bibliography
* Grange, William. ''Historical Dictionary of German Theater''. Scarecrow Press, 2006.
1855 births
1925 deaths
Writers from Mainz
People from Rhenish Hesse
German male writers
{{Germany-writer-stub