Ernst Bach
Ernst Bach in Vienna in 1902
Born(1876-05-10)10 May 1876
Died1 November 1929(1929-11-01) (aged 53)
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre manager and playwright
Years active1900–1929

Ernst Bach (10 May 1876 – 1 November 1929) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Raimund Theater in Vienna in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the Residenz-Theater, then to the Lustspielhaus in 1905, where he became Regisseur in 1906 and in 1908 Oberregisseur.

In 1909 he started what was to become a 20-year partnership with Franz Arnold, with whom he wrote more than 20 plays, mainly farces and operettas. Their first hit play was The Spanish Fly in 1913. They went on to become one of the leading playwriting teams in Weimar Germany.[1]

In 1917 he became the director of the Münchner Volkstheater in Munich, whilst continuing his writing partnership with Franz Arnold at Starnberg. He remained in Munich until his death in 1929.

Plays by Arnold and Bach

  • The Spanish Fly (1913)
  • Die schwebende Jungfrau (1916)
  • Die Fahrt ins Glück (1916, Operetta, music by Jean Gilbert)
  • Die bessere Hälfte (1917)
  • Fräulein Puck (1919, Vaudeville, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Das Jubiläum (1920)
  • Zwangseinquartierung (1920)
  • Der keusche Lebemann (1921)
  • Die Königin der Nacht (1921, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Der kühne Schwimmer (1922)
  • Dolly (1923, Operetta, music by Hugo Hirsch)
  • Der Fürst von Pappenheim (1923, Operetta, music by Hugo Hirsch, English title: Toni)
  • Die vertagte Nacht (1924)
  • Der wahre Jakob (1924)
  • Die vertauschte Frau (1924, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Olly-Polly (1925, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Stöpsel (1926)
  • Hurra, ein Junge (1926)
  • Unter Geschäftsaufsicht (1927)
  • Arme Ritter (1928, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Weekend im Paradies (1928)
  • Hulla Di Bulla (1929)

Arnold and Bach filmography

References

  1. Grange p.61

Bibliography

  • Grange, William. Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945. Scarecrow Press, 2010.


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