Count Franz Graf von Pocci, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Count Franz Graf von Pocci

German artist, writer, scriptwriter, illustrator, musician and composer

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1807

Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 07-May-1876

Profession: writer, composer, musician, painter, puppeteer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Count Franz Graf von Pocci (7 March 1807 – 7 May 1876) was a significant official in the court of King Ludwig the First of Bavaria, best known as the founding director of the Munich Marionette Theatre where he was a shadow puppeteer and wrote countless puppet plays and children's stories.Pocci, in collaboration with Josef Schmid, founded the Munich Marionette Theatre in Munich, Bavaria, Germany in 1855.
He hired the premises, drew stage curtains and designs, and wrote pieces for the hero of Schmid's shows, Kasperl Larifari, a descendant of Hans Wurst and all the classical comic figures in traditional European puppetry.
This collaboration was highly influential and is credited with inspiring the formation of other theaters, most notably the Salzburg Marionettes under Anton Aicher in 1913 in Salzburg, Bavaria, and the Toelz Marionette Theater.



Alternative names	Franz Hanfstaengl
Description	German photographer and lithographer
Date of birth/death	1 March 1804	18 April 1877
Location of birth/death	Q803729 near Bad Tölz, Bavaria	Munich
Work period	1833 - 1868
Work location	Dresden; Munich
Authority control	: Q647812 VIAF: 98871537 ISNI: 0000 0001 0786 6147 ULAN: 500017348 LCCN: n84059888 Open Library: OL1879930A WorldCat