Jacobo Langsner
Jacobo Langsner (23 June 1927 – 10 August 2020) was a Uruguayan playwright who had a strong presence in the Uruguayan theatre from 1950 onwards. His work is a showcase of middle-class hypocrisy. Langsner was born in Romuli, Kingdom of Romania in a Jewish family, and died, aged 93, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jacobo Langsner
- Born
- 1927 · Romuli.
- Died
- 2020 · Buenos Aires.
- Nationality
- Romania · Uruguay
- Occupation
- playwright · writer
- Fields
- theatre
- Known for
- Waiting for the Hearse
- Languages
- Spanish
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Jacobo Langsner (naissance : 1927) figure comme écrivain, dramaturge, « Filmautor » et réalisateur dans les notices d'autorité de la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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One of his most highly regarded works is Waiting for the Hearse. It was adapted into film in Argentina, another country where he was very successful.
• 1938: Los elegidos, simultaneously in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. • 1951: El hombre incompleto, Sala Verdi (Montevideo). • 1953: El juego de Ifigenia, Solís Theatre (Montevideo). • 1953: Los artistas, Sala Verdi (Montevideo), directed by José Estruch, Club de Teatro. • 1962: Esperando la carroza, Comedia Nacional (Montevideo). • 1971: Ocho espías al champagne, Sala Verdi (Montevideo). • 1973: El tobogán, Teatro Odeón (Montevideo), directed by Omar Grasso, with China Zorrilla • 1973: Una corona para Benito, by the China Zorrilla Company. Teatro Odeón (Montevideo). • El terremoto, by the Virginia Lago Company (Buenos Aires). • La gotita, by the Brandoni-Bianchi Company (Buenos Aires). • 1981: La planta, Comedia Nacional (Montevideo). • 1984: Una margarita llamada Mercedes, by the China Zorrilla company. • 1992: De mis amores con Douglas Fairbanks, Teatro El Galpón (Montevideo) • Locos de contento, by the company Oscar Martínez-Mercedes Morán. • Otros paraísos, with Norman Briski and Cristina Banegas, Teatro Municipal General San Martín (Buenos Aires) and Comedia Nacional (Montevideo). • 2004: Damas y caballeros.
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