Adam Christoph Schüler (born August 8, 1640 in Weißenfels; died after 1693; also Schüller and Schiller, sometimes read as Schaber, Stüber, and Schider) was a German actor, playwright, and theater writer.
Adam Christoph Schüler was the son of Heinrich Schüler, a Stadtrichter (city judge) in Weißenfels. In 1660 he began his studies in Leipzig. He likely soon joined a traveling troupe that performed at the Leipzig Fair. Adam worked as an actor and playwright with several important theater directors, such as Jakob Kuhlmann, Andreas Elenson, and Johannes Velten. His theatrical manuscripts, Ein verliebter Verdruß (an adaptation of Molière's Le Dépit amoureux), and Der durchlauchtige Kohlenbrenner,Tragico-Comoedia genant Lieb und Glückh und Müh und Tückh oder: Der durchlauchtige (durchleüchtige) Kohlenbrenner, thespis.digital, retrieved November 9, 2018Mateusz Maselko, Elisabeth Pfluger: Syntactic change from Early New High German to New High German using the example of the play "Der durchlauchtige Kohlenbrenner". In: Anuari de Filologia. Estudis de Lingüística. 3 (2013), pp. 57–105, doi:10.1344/AFEL2013.3.3. are included in Codex Ia 38589 (Wienbibliothek). Der durchlauchtige Kohlenbrenner may have been based on an EnglishAlexander von Weilen: The Theaters of Vienna: History of the Vienna theater system from the earliest times to the beginnings of the court theaters. Volume 1. Society for Reproductive Art, Vienna 1899, p. 120.Mateusz Maselko, Elisabeth Pfluger: Syntactic change from Early New High German to New High German using the example of the play "Der durchlauchtige Kohlenbrenner". In: Anuari de Filologia. Estudis de Lingüística. 3 (2013), pp. 57–105, doi:10.1344/AFEL2013.3.3. or SpanishWerner Richter: Liebeskampf 1630 and Schaubühne 1670. A contribution to the history of German theater in the seventeenth century. Mayer & Müller, Berlin 1910, pp. 213–216. source and was also performed by the theater troupe of Michael Daniel Treu.Alexander von Weilen: The Theater. In: Anton Mayer, Heinrich Franz Joseph Zimmermann (eds.): History of the City of Vienna. Volume 6 Adolf Holzhausen, Vienna 1918, pp. 333–446, here p. 415.Der durchlauchtige Kohlenbrenner, thespis.digital, retrieved November 9, 2018
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