Carl Malß

Carl Balthasar Malß (5 December 1792 – 3 June 1848) was a German poet, architect and theatre director.

Born in Frankfurt, Malß completed a commercial apprenticeship in Lyon and took part as military volunteer in the camp against France 1814/15.

In 1820, his comedy "Die Entführung oder der alte Bürger-Capitain, ein frankfurter Heroisch-Borjerlich Lustspiel in zwei Aufzügen" was printed for the first time and premiered on 13 August 1821 at the Frankfurt theatre with Samuel Friedrich Hassel in the title role.

[1] Johann Wolfgang Goethe "highly recommended" the play, which Malß expressed as follows in the preface to the fourth edition published in 1833.

Of Malß' six other plays, the Frankfurter Lokal-Skizze in vier Bildern Herr Hampelmann oder Die Landpartie nach Königstein, written in 1832, has remained on stage to this day.