Thaddädl (a diminutive of the first name Thaddäus) is a kind of stock character or funny person of the Alt-Wiener Volkstheater towards the end of the 18th century, which was developed by Anton Hasenhut (1766-1841) following the Viennese Kasperle or the Pantalone of the Commedia dell'arte.[1]

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  1. ^ von Coeckelberghe-Dützele, Gerhard Robert Walter (1846). Curiositäten- und Memorabilien-Lexicon von Wien (in German). Vol. 2. Vienna. p. 7.


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Anton Hasenhut

1841) was an Austrian comic actor, known particularly for the character Thaddädl. He was in the theatre company of Karl von Marinelli and later of Emanuel

Adolf Bäuerle

Rommel [de]: Die großen Figuren der altwiener Volkskomödie: Hanswurst, Kasperl, Thaddädl und Staberl, Raimund und Nestroy. Bindenschild-Verlag, Vienna 1946 Otto

Wenzel Scholz

in Graz for seven years, where he appeared as a comedian in Kasperle, Thaddädl, and Staberl roles. In 1826 Scholz went to Vienna again at the age of 39