Josef Jarno

Josef Jarno (born 24 August 1866 in Pest,[1] died 11 January 1932 in Vienna) was an Austrian actor and theatre director.

Two years later he gave up the job and moved to Vienna to take over as the leader of the Theater in der Josefstadt.

He brought plays by Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Arthur Schnitzler and George Bernard Shaw onto the stage.

The German-language premiere of Ferenc Molnár's suburban legend Liliom (1913) featured Jarno in the title role and made the play a worldwide success.

In 1905, Jarno bought the Fürst-Theater and lead it in parallel with the Theater in der Josefstadt.

Josef Jarno with his wife Hansi Jarno-Niese, 1900