About Anton Anno
Lived 1838 – 1893 (aged 55). Anton Anno was a German stage actor, writer, theatre manager, playwright, actor and director.
Anton Anno (19 March 1838 in Aachen - 1 December 1893 in Berlin) was a German theatre actor, theatre director, and playwright.
Life Anton Anno was the son of a theatre attendant. He first completed an apprenticeship as a sheet metal worker. In 1856 he started his late father's job at the Aachen City Theatre. In 1860 he was stage manager at the Cologne City Theatre, where he took on small roles. In 1859 he had his first engagement as a young comedian at the Stadttheater Elberfeld.
Works Ballet Shoes, farce Family Horns, The two Reichenmüllers,
Literature Ludwig Eisenberg: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century. List, Leipzig 1903, p. 28.
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Who was Anton Anno?
German author
When was Anton Anno born?
Anton Anno was born on 19 March 1838 in Aachen.
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Anton Anno died on 1 December 1893 in Berlin.
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Anton Anno was a stage actor, writer, theatre manager, playwright, actor and director.
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Anton Anno was German.
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