Rudolf Lothar

Lothar, Rudolf, true name Spitzer (Budapest, 1865-1943, Budapest), was on the editorial staff of the Neue Freie Presse in Vienna, and was later with the Lokal-Anzeiger in Berlin. He was a prolific and successful provider of light fare for the theatre. His comedies include Satan, Tantaliden (both 1886), Zauberlehrling (1888), Frauenlob (1895), Königsidyll (1896), Glück in der Liebe, Die Königin von Zypern (both 1903), Das Fräulein in Schwarz (1907), Die Hofloge (1918), Casanovas Sohn (1920), Der Werwolf (1921), Die Frau mit der Maske (1922), Die schwarze Messe (1923), Der sprechende Schuh (1924), Erlebnis, Der gute Europäer (both 1927), Das Märchen vom Auto (1930), Ist das denn so wichtig?, Besuch aus dem Jenseits, and Der Papagei (all 1931).

Lothar collaborated with others, including O. Blumenthal, F. Gottwald (b. 1896), and P. G. Wodehouse. He also tried his hand at serious plays (Herzdame, 1902; Die Rosentempler, 1905) and was well known as a librettist, providing in addition to numerous operetta books, the text for d'Albert's Tiefland (1904). Two novels of Berlin are Kurfürstendamm and Der Herr von Berlin (both 1910). In 1899 he published a history of the Burgtheater (Wiener Burgtheater).

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Rudolf Lothar [rú:dolf ló:tar] (born Rudolf Lothar Spitzer, February 25, 1865, Budapest - after 1933/October 2, 1943, Budapest) was a Hungarian-born Austrian writer, playwright, critic and essayist.

Literary works

• 1891 Der verschleierte König, drama
• 1900 König Harlekin, play
• 1900 Das Wiener Burgtheater
• 1904 Tiefland, opera libretto set to music by Eugen d'Albert, based on the 1896 Catalan play Terra baixa by Àngel Guimerà
• 1910 Kurfürstendamm, novel
• 1910 Die drei Grazien, comedy
• 1910 Der Herr von Berlin, novel
• 1912 Liebesketten, opera libretto set to music by Eugen d'Albert based on Angel Guimerá’s Villa del mar, score available from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection
• 1916 Die Seele Spaniens
• 1920 Casanovas Sohn, comedy
• 1920 Li-Tai-Pe, Der Kaisers Dichter, opera libretto set to music by Clemens von Franckenstein
• 1921 Der Werwolf, comedy
• 1925 Die Kunst des Verführens
• 1927 Der gute Europäer, comedy
• 1931 Friedemann Bach, opera libretto set to music by Paul Graener based on Brachvogel's novel of the same name
• 1931 Der Papagei, comedy
• 1931 Besuch aus dem Jenseits, drama

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