Giuseppe Weidmann (1742–1810) was an Austrian drama actor.

He was born in Vienna to a poor family. He interrupted his studies to become an actor, and specialized in playing the grotesque stock characters, perhaps a Hanswurst for the theater in Brünn. After a spell in theaters in Vienna and Salzburg; in 1765, he began reciting comic parts for audiences in Prague. He produced a single drama, titled Sipper; he performed then in Linz and Gratz; but was called by Emperor Joseph II to perform in Vienna. Weidmann was named one of five inspectors of the court theater.

Giuseppe Weidmann

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Austrian male stage actors

Commedia dell'arte

18th-century Austrian male actors

18th-century dramatists and playwrights

1742 births

1810 deaths

Male actors from Vienna

Giuseppe Weidmann