Wilhelm Jacoby

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German playwright

Gender:

Male

Places:

Germany

Is:

Writer

Work field:

Literature

Birth:

8 March 1855(Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Death:

20 February 1925(Wiesbaden, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse, Germany)

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Pisces

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Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925) was a German playwright, who concentrated largely on creating farces notably the 1890 work Pension Schöller which he co-authored with Carl Laufs. He was the father of the film director George Jacoby, who adapted Pension Schöller into film on three occasions.

Selected works

The Duchess of Athens (1883)
Pension Schöller (1890)

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