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Ernst Bach
Ernst Bach in Vienna in 1902
Born(1876-05-10)10 May 1876
Died1 November 1929(1929-11-01) (aged 53)
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre manager and playwright
Years active1900–1929

Ernst Bach (10 May 1876 – 1 November 1929) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Raimund Theater in Vienna in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the Residenz-Theater [de], then to the Lustspielhaus [de] in 1905, where he became Regisseur in 1906 and in 1908 Oberregisseur.

In 1909 he started what was to become a 20-year partnership with Franz Arnold as a duo Arnold and Bach, with whom he wrote more than 20 plays, mainly farces and operettas. Their first hit play was The Spanish Fly in 1913. They went on to become one of the leading playwriting teams in Weimar Germany.[1]

In 1917 he became the director of the Münchner Volkstheater in Munich, whilst continuing his writing partnership with Franz Arnold at Starnberg. He remained in Munich until his death in 1929.

Plays by Arnold and Bach

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  • The Spanish Fly (1913, schwank in three acts)
  • Die schwebende Jungfrau (1916, schwank in three acts)
  • Die Fahrt ins Glück (1916, operetta in three acts, music by Jean Gilbert)
  • Die bessere Hälfte (1917, schwank in five acts)
  • Fräulein Puck (1919, Vaudeville, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Das Jubiläum (1920, Lustspiel [de] (a form of comedy) in three acts)
  • Zwangseinquartierung (1920, military schwank in fife acts)
  • Der keusche Lebemann (1921, schwank in three acts)
  • Die Königin der Nacht (1921, musical schwank (operetta), music by Walter Kollo)
  • Der kühne Schwimmer (1922, schwank in three acts)
  • Dolly (1923, operetta in three acts, music by Hugo Hirsch [de])
  • Der Fürst von Pappenheim (1923, operetta in three acts, music by Hugo Hirsch, English title: Toni)
  • Die vertagte Nacht (1924, schwank in three acts)
  • Der wahre Jakob (1924, schwank in three acts)
  • Die vertauschte Frau (1924, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Olly-Polly (1925, operetta in three acts, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Stöpsel (1926, schwank in three acts)
  • Hurra, ein Junge (1926, schwank in three acts)
  • Unter Geschäftsaufsicht (1927, schwank in three acts)
  • Arme Ritter (1928, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
  • Weekend im Paradies (1928, schwank in three acts)
  • Hulla Di Bulla (1929, schwank in three acts)
  • Frauen haben das gern [de] (1931 operetta-farce by Walter Kollo, libretto by Arnold and Bach, based on Der keusche Lebemann

Arnold and Bach filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Grange p.61

Bibliography

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  • Grange, William. Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
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