Oscar Blumenthal


Oscar Blumenthal was a German playwright and drama critic.

Biography

Blumenthal was educated at the gymnasium and the university of his native town in Berlin, and at Leipzig University, where he received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1872. After having been editor of the Deutsche Dichterhalle in Leipzig, in 1873 he founded the Neue Monatshefte für Dichtkunst und Kritik. In 1875, Blumenthal moved to Berlin, where he became theatrical critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, holding this position until 1887, when he opened the Lessing Theater, of which he was director till 1898. From 1894 to 1895 he was also director of the. From 1898 he was engaged exclusively in literary work.
Blumenthal was well known as a critic and playwright. His critiques in the feuilletons of the newspapers sparkle with humour, at the same time doing justice to authors and actors. Because of their sharpness he was sometimes called "bloody Oscar". His plays were successful, and many of them were well received at the leading German theatres. Together with Gustav Kadelburg he wrote several comedies like the famous White Horse Inn (play)|The White Horse Inn]. As a researcher in literature, he became famous for editing and annotating works of Christian Dietrich Grabbe. He also was successful as a theatrical manager.
Blumenthal is also known for his humorous aphorisms, for example:

Das ist ein hässliches Gebrechen,
Wenn Menschen wie die Bücher sprechen.
Doch reich und fruchtbar sind für jeden
Die Bücher, die wie Menschen reden.


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Works

Blumenthal was the author of many plays and novels, among which may be mentioned:
  • Allerhand Ungezogenheiten, Leipzig, 1874, 5th ed., 1877;
  • Für alle Wagen- und Menschenklassen, ib. 1875;
  • Bummelbriefe, Danzig, 1880;
  • Merkzettel, 1898;
  • Verbotene Stücke, 1900;
  • Gesammelte Epigramme, 1890
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Plays

  • Der Probepfeil
  • Frau Venus
  • Die grosse Glocke
  • Ein Tropfen Gift
  • Der schwarze Schleier
  • Anton Antony
  • Der Zaungast
  • Das zweite Gesicht
  • Heute und Gestern
  • Die Orientreise
  • Mauerblümchen
  • Paulas Geheimnis
  • Zwei Wappen
  • Gräfin Fritzi
  • Das Einmaleins
  • Hans Huckebein
  • Matthias Gollinger
  • The White Horse Inn
  • Auf der Sonnenseite
  • Als ich wiederkam
  • Die strengen Herren
  • Die Fee Caprice
  • Das Theaterdorf
  • Der blinde Passagier
  • Der letzte Funke
  • Die Tür ins Freie
  • Die große Pause
  • ''Die Schöne vom Strand''

Films based on his works

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