A. (Alexander) Wilhelmi

Born Alexander Victor Zechmeister in Buda on September 5, 1817, he later wrote under the name Alexander Wilhelmi. Reliable biographical sources describe him as both an actor and a playwright, and place his death in Meran on October 8, 1877.

Wilhelmi worked in the German-speaking theater world and became known especially for comic stage writing. Older reference works identify him as a Lustspieldichter—a writer of comedies—and note that he also performed as a theater actor.

Because the surviving source material available here is brief, some parts of his career remain only lightly documented in this summary. Still, he stands out as a solid example of the busy, professional playwright-actors who helped keep 19th-century popular theater lively and accessible.