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4 unusual facts about Carl Sternheim


Bürger Schippel

Bürger Schippel (also known as Citizen Schippel and Paul Schippel Esquire) (1913) is a German comedy by Carl Sternheim, and part of his cycle of plays, "Aus dem bürgerlichen Heldenleben".

Carl Sternheim

One notable exception occurred when Simon Callow made his West End debut in a version of Bürger Schippel (re-titled as The Plumber's Progress) alongside Harry Secombe in the 1970s.

La Mousmé

After May 1909 the painting was sold to Carl Sternheim (1878–1942), German playwright and art collector of Munich.

The Underpants

The Underpants is the most recent adaptation of the 1910 German farce Die Hose by the playwright Carl Sternheim.


Ivo Puhonny

His home in Baden-Baden was a gathering place for important artists of the time, including Else Lasker-Schüler, Otto Flake, Klabund and Carl Sternheim.


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