''Pension Schöller'' (English:''The Schöller Boardinghouse'') is a German comedy play by

Wilhelm Jacoby Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925) was a German playwright, who concentrated largely on creating farce Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable ...

and Carl Laufs which was first performed in 1890.Grange p.259 The play was originally performed at Wallner Theatre in

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and quickly became a staple of German comic literature.

Film adaptations

The play has been turned into films on three occasions, in

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and

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, all of them directed by George Jacoby. There have also been several television versions.

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Historical Dictionary of German Theater''. Scarecrow Press, 2006. Plays by Wilhelm Jacoby Plays by Carl Laufs 1890 plays German plays adapted into films {{1890s-play-stub