Roderich Benedix

Julius Roderich Benedix (21 January 1811 – 26 September 1873) was a German dramatist and librettist, born in Leipzig, where he was educated there at Thomasschule.

[1] He joined the stage in 1831, his first engagement being with the travelling company of H. E. Bethmann in Dessau, Köthen, Bernburg and Meiningen.

In 1855 he was appointed intendant of the municipal theatre in Frankfurt-on-Main, but retired in 1861, and died in Leipzig in 1873.

The chief characteristics of his farces are a clear plot and bright, easy and natural dialogue.

[1] Benedix's Gesammelte dramatische Werke ("Collected Dramatic Works") appeared in 27 vols.