Friedrich Schreyvogl

Schreyvogl, Friedrich (Vienna 1899-1976, Vienna), in spite of the difference of spelling, is a collateral descendant of J. Schreyvogel, who was in charge of the Burgtheater from 1815 to 1832. F. Schreyvogl became in 1954 deputy and in 1959 principal dramatic adviser (Dramaturg) at his great-great-uncle's theatre.

Schreyvogl was a prolific author of poems, plays, and novels. His first volume of verse appeared in 1917 (Singen und Sehnen); several other collections followed, Wir Kinder Gottes in 1957. In drama he was successful in comedy (Das Liebespaar, 1940; Die kluge Wienerin, 1941; Die weiße Dame, 1942; Der Liebhaber, 1951; Die Versuchung des Tasso, 1955), but he also wrote serious plays (Der zerrissene Vorhang, 1920; Das brennende Schiff, 1926; Habsburger Legende, 1933). His numerous novels include Der Antichrist (1921), Tristan und Isolde (1929), Grillparzer (1935), Brigitte und der Engel (1936), Die Nibelungen (1938), Eine Schicksalssymphonie (1941, showing Austria 1900-14), Der Friedländer (1943, on Wallenstein), Das fremde Mädchen (1954), Die Dame in Gold (1957), and Venus im Skorpion (1961). In 1960 Schreyvogl edited the works of F. Raimund. In 1965 he published a work on the Burgtheater (Das Burgtheater, Wirklichkeit und Illusion). Select editions of his works appeared as Bild und Sinnbild der Welt (1959) and Die große und die kleine Welt (1970).