Oskar Blumenthal

Blumenthal, Oskar (Berlin, 1853-1917, Berlin), a journalist who worked for the Berliner Tageblatt (1875-87) and became director of the new Lessing-Theater in 1888, a post which he held until 1897. He was the author of a number of highly successful but ephemeral comedies, including Der Probepfeil (1882), Die große Glocke (1885), Die Fee Caprice (1901), Klingende Pfeile (1904), Der Schwur der Treue (1905), Das Glashaus (1906), and Der schlechte Ruf (1910). Some of Blumenthal's box-office successes were written in collaboration with G. Kadelburg (1851-1925). The best known of these is Im weißen Rößl (1898); others include Als ich wiederkam (1902), Das Theaterdorf (1902), Der blinde Passagier (1902), Großstadtluft (1905), Hans Huckebein (1905), Die Orientreise (1905), Der letzte Funke (1907), and Die Tür ins Freie (1908). He collaborated with R. Lothar in the comedy Die drei Grazien (1910).