Einen Jux will er sich machen

Einen Jux will er sich machen (1842) (He Will Go on a Spree or He'll Have Himself a Good Time), is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang ("farce with singing"), by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy.It was adapted from John Oxenford's A Day Well Spent (1835), and first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 10 March 1842.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, because Nestroy's language is not only stylized and finely graduated Viennese dialect, but also full of multiple puns and local allusions.It was adapted twice by Thornton Wilder, first as The Merchant of Yonkers (1938), then, much more successfully, as The Matchmaker (1955), which later became the musical Hello, Dolly!.A film entitled Einen Jux will er sich machen was made for television in 1956, directed by Alfred Stöger, with Josef Meinrad as Weinberl, Inge Konradi as Christopherl, Hans Thimig as Kraps, Richard Eybner as Zangerl, Ferdinand Mayerhofer as Melchior, and Gusti Wolf as Marie.
Posse mit GesangplaywrightJohann NestroyJohn OxenfordTheater an der WienAdolf MüllerViennese dialectThornton WilderThe Merchant of YonkersThe MatchmakermusicalHello, Dolly!On the RazzleTom Stoppardthe plot of On the RazzleJosef MeinradInge KonradiHans ThimigRichard EybnerGusti WolfBranscombe, PeterThe New Grove Dictionary of OperaStanley Sadie