# Wilhelm Jacoby

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{{Short description|German playwright (1855–1925)}}
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'''Wilhelm Jacoby''' (1855–1925) was a German [playwright](/source/playwright), who concentrated largely on creating [farce](/source/farce)s notably the 1890 work ''[Pension Schöller](/source/Pension_Sch%C3%B6ller_(play))'' which he co-authored with [Carl Laufs](/source/Carl_Laufs). He was the father of the film director [George Jacoby](/source/George_Jacoby), who adapted ''Pension Schöller'' into film on three occasions.

==Selected works==
* ''[The Duchess of Athens](/source/The_Duchess_of_Athens)'' (1883)
* ''[Pension Schöller](/source/Pension_Sch%C3%B6ller_(play))'' (1890)

==Bibliography==
* Grange, William. ''Historical Dictionary of German Theater''. Scarecrow Press, 2006.

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