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'''Giuseppe Weidmann''' (1742–1810) was an [[Austria]]n drama actor.
'''Giuseppe Weidmann''' (1742–1810) was an [[Austria]]n drama actor.

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Giuseppe Weidmann (1742–1810) was an Austrian drama actor.

He was born in Vienna to a poor family. He interrupted his studies to become an actor, and specialized in playing the grotesque stock characters, perhaps a Hanswurst for the theater in Brünn. After a spell in theaters in Vienna and Salzburg; in 1765, he began reciting comic parts for audiences in Prague. He produced a single drama, titled Sipper; he performed then in Linz and Gratz; but was called by Emperor Joseph II to perform in Vienna. Weidmann was named one of five inspectors of the court theater.[1]

References

  1. ^ Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 1089.