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StaberlStaberl, character of the old-Viennese burlesque theatre, introduced in the play "Die Bürger in Wien" by A. Bäuerle in 1813, created by the actor I. Schuster, whose father owned a restaurant called "Zum Staberl", continued by C. Carl and adapted in many "Staberliaden" plays. Original image of the "little man" who is very resourceful in combining natural wit and common sense; today the pen name of the columnist of the "Neue Kronen Zeitung" newspaper, R. Nimmerrichter. Literature: O. Rommel, Die Alt-Wr. Volkskomödie, 1952; H. Schenker, Theaterdirektor Carl und die Staberl-Figur, doctoral thesis, Zurich 1986.
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