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Adolf Müllner

German playwright
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Also known as: Amadeus Gottfried Adolf Müllner
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In full:
Amadeus Gottfried Adolf Müllner
Born:
Oct. 18, 1774, Langendorf, near Weissenfels, Saxony [Germany]
Died:
June 11, 1829, Weissenfels, Prussia (aged 54)
Notable Works:
“Die Schuld”
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Adolf Müllner (born Oct. 18, 1774, Langendorf, near Weissenfels, Saxony [Germany]—died June 11, 1829, Weissenfels, Prussia) was a German playwright, one of the so-called fate dramatists, who wrote plays in which people perish as a consequence of past behaviour. After studying law at Leipzig, Müllner established himself as advocate at Weissenfels and made his debut as an author with the novel Der Incest, oder der Schutzgeist von Avignon (1799; “The Incest; or, The Guardian Spirit of Avignon”). He next wrote a number of comedies for an amateur theatre group in Weissenfels. With his Romantic tragedies, however, Der neunundzwanzigste Februar (1812; ...(100 of 151 words)

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