Einen Jux will er sich machen

Einen Jux will er sich machen ("He'll Have Himself A Good Time") is a play by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy.

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Play - Austrian - Playwright - Johann Nestroy

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Although about half of Nestroy's works have been revived for the modern German-speaking audience and many are part and parcel of today's Viennese repertoire, few have ever been translated into English.

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German - Viennese - Translated - English

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Einen Jux will er sich machen is the only one that has become well known to English-speaking theatregoers. Interestingly, it has become a classic more than once. It was first adapted as Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (which later became the musical Hello, Dolly!) and also achieved success as the comic masterpiece On The Razzle, which was translated by Stephen Plaice and adapted by Tom Stoppard.

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Thornton Wilder - The Matchmaker - Musical - Hello, Dolly! - Stephen Plaice - Tom Stoppard

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The play itself was adapted from John Oxenford's 1835 A Day Well Spent.

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John Oxenford - A Day Well Spent

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