Johann Nepomuk Nestroy (1801-1862), for a quarter of a century the
dominant actor on the popular Viennese stage, was the author of
over eighty dramatic works, all but one of them comedies in the
local Viennese tradition. It was only in the twentieth century that
Nestroy's influence, above all as a satirist and master of
language, was recognised. In this 1972 publication, the first book
in English on Nestroy, Professor Yates centres his discussion of
the possen (theatrical comedies) on the dominant comic elements of
satire and parody, which are considered in close relation to the
sources. He examines in detail five of Nestroy's best-known plays,
considering them in relation to their Viennese setting and
providing an introduction to the history and conditions of Viennese
popular theatre from the early eighteenth century up to Nestroy's
times, including an assessment of its relationship to other
traditions of popular drama.
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