Adolph L'Arronge
Adolphe L'Arronge (8 March 1838 – 25 May 1908) was a German playwright and theatre director. His best known work is the 1873 comedy play My Leopold which has been adapted into numerous films.
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Adolph L'Arronge
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- Name
- Adolphe L'Arronge
- Born
- 8 March 1838
- Birthplace
- Hamburg, Germany
- Died
- 25 May 1908 (aged 70)
- Place of death
- Kreuzlingen, German Empire
- Occupation
- Playwright, theatre director
- Full name
- Adolf Aaronsohn.
- Nationality
- German Empire.
- Education
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.
- Languages
- German.
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Adolphe L'Arronge (8 March 1838 – 25 May 1908) was a German playwright and theatre director. His best known work is the 1873 comedy play My Leopold which has been adapted into numerous films.
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• Name — Adolphe L'Arronge • Born — 8 March 1838 • Birthplace — Hamburg, Germany • Died — 25 May 1908 (aged 70) • Place of death — Kreuzlingen, German Empire • Other Names — Adolf Aaronsohn • Occupation — Playwright, theatre director
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• My Leopold (1873) • Hasemann's Daughters (1877) • The Lonei Household (1880)
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Adolph L'Arronge is recorded as actor, writer, screenwriter, prompter and conductor. Recorded at birth as Adolf Aaronsohn.
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1908
Adolph L'Arronge died at Kreuzlingen.
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Villa Goldschmidt.
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Hamburg.
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Kreuzlingen.
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- 1.Margot Berthold (1953) "L’Arronge, Adolph" in Neue Deutsche Biographie. Vol. 1. p. 399
- 2.Dennis Kennedy (2010). The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance. Oxford University Press. p. 335.
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