Jedermann. Das Spiel vom Sterben des reichen Mannes is a play by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is based on several medieval mystery plays, including the late 15th-century English morality play Everyman. It was first performed on 1 December 1911 in Berlin, directed by Max Reinhardt at the Circus Schumann. Since 1920, it has been performed regularly at the Salzburg Festival.
Cornelius Obonya [de] and Peter Lohmeyer portraying Jedermann and Tod at the Salzburg Festival in 2014
Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
Photograph of von Hofmannsthal, by Nicola Perscheid, 1910
The house where Hofmannsthal was born, at Salesianergasse 12, Landstraße, Vienna 3
Hofmannsthal, 1893
Photograph of his younger son, Raimund