Jacobo Langsner

'''Jacobo Langsner''' (23 June 1927 – 10 August 2020)<ref>[http://ctnn2009.fullblog.com.ar/para-leer-y-conocer-a-nuestros-autores-1309237769.html Nuestros autores] {{in lang|es}}</ref> 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]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ctnn2009.fullblog.com.ar/para-leer-y-conocer-a-nuestros-autores-1309237769.html |title=Para leer y conocer sobre Jacobo Langsner |date=2011-06-28 |website=CTNN2009|language=es}}</ref> [[Kingdom of Romania]] in a Jewish family,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/empezo-miedo_0_SJK_Ykx0Kl.html|title=Todo empezó con el miedo|language=es|website=Clarín|date=29 October 2003|accessdate=23 August 2020}}</ref> and died, aged 93, in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]].

One of his most highly regarded works is ''[[Waiting for the Hearse]].'' It was [[Waiting for the Hearse|adapted into film]] in Argentina, another country where he was very successful.

== Works == * 1938: ''Los elegidos'', simultaneously in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6160233M/Los_rid%C3%ADculos ''Los ridículos'']</ref> * 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: ''[[Waiting for the Hearse (play)|Esperando la carroza]]'', [[Comedia Nacional]] (Montevideo). * 1971: ''Ocho espías al champagne'', Sala Verdi (Montevideo).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081203162556/http://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/friedler/esperando_la_carroza.htm Waiting for the Hearse]</ref> * 1973: ''El tobogán'', Teatro Odeón (Montevideo), directed by [[Omar Grasso]], with [[China Zorrilla]]<ref>[http://www.elpais.com.uy/120512/pespec-640740/espectaculos/La-Comedia-Nacional-estrena-hoy-El-tobogan-de-Langsner/ ''El tobogán'']</ref> * 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 [[Luis Brandoni|Brandoni]]-Bianchi Company (Buenos Aires). * 1981: ''La planta'', [[Comedia Nacional]] (Montevideo). * 1984: ''Una margarita llamada Mercedes'', by the China Zorrilla company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revistadossier.com.uy/content/view/156/67/ |title=Copia archivada |accessdate=16 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716032528/http://www.revistadossier.com.uy/content/view/156/67/ |archivedate=16 July 2012 }}</ref> * 1992: ''De mis amores con [[Douglas Fairbanks]]'', [[Teatro El Galpón]] (Montevideo) * ''Locos de contento'', by the company [[Oscar Martínez (actor)|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''.<ref>[http://www.libroos.es/tags/Langsner%20Jacobo.html «Damas y caballeros»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233801/http://www.libroos.es/tags/Langsner%20Jacobo.html |date=2016-03-04 }}, at the website Libroos.</ref>

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