Ede Szigligeti
Szigligeti Ede Ede Szigligeti (8 March 181419 January 1878) was a Hungarian dramatist. • Illustration — Ede Szigligeti, Oradea, Romania He was born József Szathmáry, at Nagyvárad-Olaszi (presently Oradea, Romania). His parents would have made him a priest; he wanted to be a great doctor; finally he entered the office of an engineer. But his heart was already devoted to the drama and, on 15 August 1834, despite the prohibition of his tyrannical father, he actually appeared upon the stage at Budapest.
Ede Szigligeti

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- Full name
- Szathmáry József.
- Born
- 1814. · Oradea.
- Died
- 1878. · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Hungary.
- Occupation
- actor, director, playwright, translator, writer and theatre manager.
- Languages
- Hungarian.
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Szigligeti Ede Ede Szigligeti (8 March 181419 January 1878) was a Hungarian dramatist. • Illustration — Ede Szigligeti, Oradea, Romania He was born József Szathmáry, at Nagyvárad-Olaszi (presently Oradea, Romania). His parents would have made him a priest; he wanted to be a great doctor; finally he entered the office of an engineer. But his heart was already devoted to the drama and, on 15 August 1834, despite the prohibition of his tyrannical father, he actually appeared upon the stage at Budapest.
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Recorded at birth as Szathmáry József. Born at Oradea in 1814, died in Budapest in 1878.
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- 1.er wählte den Namen nach einer Heldenfigur aus einem Roman von Sándor Kisfaludy
- 2.Nestroy schrieb bei der Absage eines Gastspieles in Budapest, er habe es „so satt“ – eine Anspielung auf „Szózat“ (Aufruf), die damals oft gesungene „ungarische Marseillaise“
- 3.Fritz Brukner/Otto Rommel: Johann Nestroy, Sämtliche Werke. S. 682–687.
- 4.Helmut Ahrens: Bis zum Lorbeer versteig' ich mich nicht. Johann Nestroy, sein Leben. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-7973-0389-0; S. 343–344.
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