Jacobo Langsner

Jacobo Langsner (born 23 June 1927 in Romuli, Transylvania) is a Uruguayan playwright and writer with strong presence in the Uruguayan theatre since 1950. His work is a showcase of middle-class hypocrisy.

Maybe one of his greatest works was Waiting for the Hearse, which later was adapted into film in Argentina, another country where he was very successful.

• 1938: Los elegidos, simultaneously in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
• 1951: El hombre incompleto, Sala Verdi (Montevideo).
• 1953: El juego de Ifigenia, Solís Theatre (Montevideo).
• 1953: Los artistas, Sala Verdi (Montevideo), directed by José Estruch, Club de Teatro.
• 1962: Esperando la carroza, Comedia Nacional (Montevideo).
• 1971: Ocho espías al champagne, Sala Verdi (Montevideo).
• 1973: El tobogán, Teatro Odeón (Montevideo), directed by Omar Grasso, with China Zorrilla
• 1973: Una corona para Benito, by the China Zorrilla Company. Teatro Odeón (Montevideo).
• El terremoto, by the Virginia Lago Company (Buenos Aires).
• La gotita, by the Brandoni-Bianchi Company (Buenos Aires).
• 1981: La planta, Comedia Nacional (Montevideo).
• 1984: Una margarita llamada Mercedes, by the China Zorrilla company.
• 1992: De mis amores con Douglas Fairbanks, El Galpón Theatre (Montevideo)
• Locos de contento, by the company Oscar Martínez-Mercedes Morán.
• Otros paraísos, with Norman Briski and Cristina Banegas, Teatro Municipal General San Martín (Buenos Aires) and Comedia Nacional (Montevideo).
• 2004: Damas y caballeros.