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Eduard Jacobson
1833–1897
A doctor by training and a playwright by instinct, this popular 19th-century German dramatist became known for lively farces that packed Berlin theaters. His work mixed wit, parody, and stage-ready energy, making him one of the era’s most frequently performed comic writers.
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Laululintunen : Laulusekainen näytelmä yhdessä näytöksessä
by Eduard Jacobson
About the author
Born on November 10, 1833, in Groß Strehlitz, Upper Silesia, Eduard Jacobson studied medicine in Berlin and qualified as a physician in 1859. Even while training for that profession, he was already writing for the stage, and an early farce, Faust und Gretchen (1856), helped show where his real talent lay.
Jacobson went on to build a strong reputation as a dramatist, especially for comic pieces, burlesques, and popular farces. Sources describe him as an unusually prolific theater writer, and his plays were widely performed in Berlin in the second half of the 19th century. He often wrote lively, crowd-pleasing works that were built for performance and quick audience response.
He died in Berlin on January 29, 1897. Remembered as both a physician and a man of the theater, Jacobson stands out as a writer who brought humor and theatrical flair to German popular drama.