Franz Xaver Karl Gewey

Franz Xaver Karl Gewey (14 April 1764 – 18 October 1819)[1] was an Austrian civil servant, and a writer and dramatist of popular satirical pieces.

He studied law, and from 1784 was employed at the Hofkriegsrat, then in Klagenfurt at the presidential chancellery; from 1795 he was a court chancellor in Vienna.

[2][3] From an early age he was interested in the theatre, playing on amateur stages with Joachim Perinet.

[2][3][4] Gewey's early plays Die Modesitten ("The fashionable ways") and Pygmalion were well received, and went on to write further satirical pieces, that were in tune with the popular mood at that time.

He spoke very loudly, laughed even louder, really resoundingly, and fell into looking glaring, grotesque; he was also quite fond of the genre of cynicism.