Information: This is an old - not maintained - article of the AEIOU. In the Austria-Forum you find an updated version of this article in the new AEIOU.
Mayer, Karl Felix MartinMayer, Karl (Felix Martin), b. Vienna, April 28, 1753, d. Vienna, May 13, 1830, actor, theatre manager, playwright, principal of a travelling theatre with which he toured in Austria-Hungary until 1788. In 1788 founded the Theater in der Josefstadt and became its first manager (until 1812). Literature: H. A. Mansfeld, Miscellen um K. M., den Gründer des Josefstädter Theaters, in: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Theaterforschung XII, 1960.
|