Eduard Jacobson

Eduard Jacobson (10 November 1833 – 29 January 1897) was a German dramatist and physician.

Eduard Jacobson
Born	(1833-11-10)10 November 1833 Gross Strelitz, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	29 January 1897(1897-01-29) (aged 63) Berlin, German Empire
Language	German
Spouse	Marie Clara Agnes Lange ​ ​ (m. 1863)​

Biography

Eduard Jacobson was born in Gross Strelitz, Silesia, to Jewish parents Dorothea (née Biraver) and Rabbi Jacob Jacobson. He attended the Gymnasium in Oels from 1846 to 1850, and then until 1854 the grammar school in Ostrowo. From 1854 to 1858 he studied medicine at the University of Berlin, receiving his M.D. there in early 1859.

Jacobson's playwrighting career began in 1856 with the popular farces Bei Wasser und Brot and Faust und Gretchen, the latter of which appeared at the Kroll Theatre under the direction of Karl August Görner, starring Theodor Lobe as Faust. The extraordinary acclaim he won with it determined him to devote himself exclusively to such literary activity. From this time on he wrote—either alone or in collaboration with Ottokar Franz Ebersberg, Otto Girndt, Gustav von Moser, Julius Rosen, Rudolf Kneisel, and others—burlesques which became stock pieces in major German theatres. His farce 500,000 Teufel, for instance, played 300 times successively in Berlin.

In the United States, many of his plays were staged at the New York Stadt Theater and Thalia Theater.

Selected publications

• Jacobson, E.; Lobe, Theodor (1856). Faust und Gretchen. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1858). Verwandlungen, oder: Für Jeden Etwas!. Berlin: Eduard Bloch.
• — (1858). Possen und Vaudevilles. Berlin: Eduard Bloch. hdl:2027/uc1.a0000067140.
• — (1858). Meine Tante – deine Tante!. Berlin: Eduard Bloch. Music by Adolf Lang.
• — (1859). Bei Wasser und Brot. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —; Anders, N. J. (1860). Starker Tabak, oder: Berlin und Hinter-Indien. Berlin: Eduard Bloch.
• — (1860). Die Afrikanerinz. Berlin: Eduard Bloch. Music by Thuiskon Hauptner.
• — (1860). Lady Beefsteak. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by Adolf Lang.
• — (1861). Wer zuletzt lacht. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by August Conradi.
• — (1862). 500,000 Teufel. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1862). Lehmann's Jugendliebe. Berlin: Eduard Bloch. Music by M. Conradi.
• — (1864). Backfische, oder: ein Mädchen-Pensionat. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by Gustav Michaelis.
• — (1864). Seine bessere Hälfte. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1865). Narziß im Frack. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1867). Becker's Geschichte. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1867). Singvögelchen. Berlin: Eduard Bloch. Music by Thuiskon Hauptner.
• — (1867). Humor verloren - alles verloren!. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1869). Kammerkätzchen. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —; Linderer, Robert (1870). Die götter in der halenhaide, oder: Berliner im Olymp. Berlin: Eduard Bloch. hdl:2027/njp.32101069188512.
• — (1870). 1733 Thaler, 22½ Silbergroschen. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1872). Triesel und Wiesel. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by Gustav Lehnhardt.
• — (1872). Des Lebens Mai. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by C. and H. Schröder.
• —; Girndt, Otto (1872). Die Galloschen des Glücks. Berlin: R. Boll. Music by O. Lehnhardt.
• —; Görlitz, Carl (1873). Die schöne Sünderin. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by August Conradi.
• —; Rosen, Julius (1873). Im Himmel. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by O. Lehnhardt.
• —; Rosen, Julius (1874). Je toller, je besser!. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by Gustav Michaelis.
• —; Kneisel, Rudolf (1877). Hotel Klingebusch. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by Gustav Michaelis.
• — (1883). Ein gemachter Mann. Berlin. hdl:2027/ucw.ark:/13960/t01z4h21v.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1883). Die Lachtaube. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1883). Der jüngste Leutnant. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —; Wilken, Heinrich (1886). Das lachende Berlin. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by H. Grau.
• — (1887). Was den Frauen gefällt. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• — (1887). Der Nachbar zur Linken. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —; Karl, Engelbert (1888). Die Salontirolerin. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Music by Franz Roth.
• —; Girndt, Otto (1888). Ein weißer Rabe. Leipzig: Philipp Reclam. Music by Gustav Michaelis.
• — (1890). Goldfuchs. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —; Hahn, R. (n.d.). Das schöne Geschlecht. Music by Gustav Michaelis.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore (1904). "Jacobson, Eduard". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 46.