H. L. Wagner

Heinrich Leopold Wagner (19 February 1747 – 4 March 1779) was a German dramatist.

Wagner was born in Strasbourg and is chiefly known for his 1776 tragedy ''The Child Murderess''. He died, aged 32, in Frankfurt.

Works

* ''Prometheus, Deukalion und seine Rezensenten'', 1775
* ''Der wohltätige Unbekannte'', 1775
* ''Die Reue nach der Tat'', 1775
* ''Neuer Versuch über die Schauspielkunst'', 1776, a translation of Louis-Sébastien Mercier's ''Du Théâtre ou nouvel essai sur l'art dramatique''
* ''Leben und Tod Sebastian Silligs''
* ''Die Kindermörderin'', 1776
* ''Briefe, die Seylersche Gesellschaft betreffend'', 1777
* ''Evchen Humbrecht oder Ihr Mütter merkts Euch!'', 1778, a reworking of ''Die Kindermörderin''

1747 births
1779 deaths
Writers from Strasbourg
Alsatian-German people
German male dramatists and playwrights
18th-century German dramatists and playwrights
French writers in German
18th-century French male writers

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