Karl Friedrich Abt
Karl Friedrich Abt (
1733,
Ulm -
20 November 1783,
Bremen) was an early
German actor. Abt began acting in
1766, mostly in southern and south-west Germany. In
Biberach, he abducted his wife Felicitas from a reputable family which refused to give her away. He ventured through
Saxony and
Thuringia, finally opening up a stage in
Den Haag with the support of the Court and the high society on
16 October 1772 with the intention to introduce the young German theatre to the
Netherlands. He greatly contributed to popularise the German dramatic literature there. On his stage, Abt played the first translations of Christian Felix Weiße's Romeo and Juliet and
Lessing's Emilia Galotti.
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Karl Friedrich Abt
Абт, Карл Фридрих