Adolf Wilbrandt

He received early education in his native town, and then entered the university and engaged in the study of law.

After taking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, he joined the staff of the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich.

[2] He travelled abroad for a time and in 1871 he settled in Vienna, where, two years later, he married the actress, Auguste Baudius.

In 1881, Wilbrandt was appointed director of the Hofburg theatre in succession to Franz von Dingelstedt, an office he held until 1887.

[2] Tragedies Comedies Drama He also published translations of Sophocles and Euripides (1866), Gedichte (Poems, 1894, 1889 and 1907), and a volume of Erinnerungen (Memoirs, 1905).