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Gleich, Joseph Alois Pseudonyme: Adolph Blum, Ludwig Dellarosa, Alois Kramer, H. WaldenGleich, Joseph Alois (pseudonym: Adolph Blum, Ludwig Dellarosa, Alois Kramer, H. Walden), b. Vienna, Sept. 14, 1772, d. Vienna, Feb. 10, 1841, civil servant, author of novels and playwright. Plays esp. for the Leopoldstädter Theater in Vienna and the Theater in der Josefstadt, where he was deputy director from 1814-1816, renowned for his Viennese farces, together with A. Bäuerle and K. Meisl known as the "Great Three" of the Altwiener Volkstheater before F. Raimund, his son-in-law whom he helped to become famous. Although he wrote huge numbers of works (over 100 novels in the gothic tradition; approx. 250 plays), G. quickly fell into oblivion and ended his days in poverty. Works: Novels: Fridolin von Eichenfels, 1796; Die Todtenfackel, 1798; Der Eheteufel auf Reisen, 1822; etc. - Edition: Ausgewählte Werke, publ. by O. Rommel, 1910. Literature: O. Rommel, Die Altwiener Volkskomödie, 1952; V. Klotz, Bürgerliches Lachtheater, 1980; ÖBL.
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