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Scholz, Wenzel
© Copyright Wenzel Scholz, lithograph by R. Hoffmann Scholz, Wenzel, b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), March 28, 1787, d. Vienna, Oct. 5, 1857. Actor. In 1811 début in his mother´s travelling company, in 1815 engagement at the Burgtheater for a few months, where he was unable to develop his comic talent, 1819-1926 in Graz, in 1826 in Vienna again, at the Theater in der Josefstadt, the Theater an der Wien and from 1838 at the Carltheater; friend and most important partner of J. Nestroy, who frequently tailored roles for him and with whom he celebrated many successes. Literature: U. Deck, W. S. und das Altwiener Volkstheater, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1967; ÖBL.
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