RAIMUND, FERDINAND (1990-1836)
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RAIMUND, FERDINAND (1990-1836) , Austrian actor and dramatist, was born on the 1st of June 1790, in Vienna. In 181'4 he acted at the Josefstadter Theater, and in 1817 at the Leopoldstadter Theater. In 1823 he produced his first play, Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel, which was followed by Der Diamant des Geisterkonigs (1824) and the still popular Bauer als Milliondr. The last-mentioned play, which appeared in 1826, Der Alpenkonig and der Menschenfeind (1828) and Der Verschwender (1833) are Raimund 's masterpieces. He committed suicide on the 5th of September 1836, owing to the fear that he had been bitten by a mad dog. Raimund was a master of the Viennese Posse or farce; his rich See Also: - RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
- RICH, CLAUDIUS
JAMES See Also: - JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
(1787-1821) - RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
- RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
- RICHARD _1ST_BARON_RICH_14.html">RICH,
RICHARD , 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567) humour is seen to best advantage in his realistic portraits of his fellow-citizens.
Raimund's Sdmtliche Werke (with biography by J. N. Vogl) appeared in 4 vols. (1837); they have been also edited by K. Glossy and A. Sauer (4 vols., 1881; 2nd ed., 1891), and a selection by E. Castle (1903). See E. Schmidt in Charakteristiken, vol. i. (1886); A. Farinelli, Grillparzer and Raimund (1897) ; L. A. Frankl, Zur Biographic F. Raimondo (1884); and especially A. Sauer's article in the Allgem. Deutsche Biographic.
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