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Albert Lindner (1831–1888)
Lindner, Albert (lind’ner). A German dramatist; born at Sulza in Saxe-Weimar, April 24, 1831; died at Berlin, Feb. 4, 1888. His tragedy ‘Brutus and Collatinus’ won him the Schiller prize. ‘The Bloody Nuptials, or St. Bartholomew’s Eve’ (1871) had extraordinary success upon the stage. He wrote several other tragedies: ‘Marino Faliero’ (1875); ‘Don John of Austria’ (1875); ‘The Reformer’ (1883). He wrote also ‘The Swan of Avon’ (1881), and ‘The Riddle of Woman’s Soul’ (1881).