KARL HAFFNER
\kˈɑːl hˈafnə], \kˈɑːl hˈafnə], \k_ˈɑː_l h_ˈa_f_n_ə]\
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An Austrian playwright; born in Konigsberg, Nov. 8, 1804; died at Vienna, Feb. 29, 1876. He went on the stage at 16, and rose rapidly to eminence. He wrote a hundred or so dramatic pieces of various kinds; "Theresa Krones" alone merits notice, the others being local and ephemeral.
By Charles Dudley Warner
