Alois Berla

{{Short description|Austrian stage actor and writer (1826–1896)}}

Alois Berla (7 March 1826 – 16 February 1896) was an Austrian actor and playwright.

He was born in Vienna, and was trained to be a musician; he became an actor, his stage debut being in the {{ill|German Theatre, Pest|de|Deutsches Theater Pest}} in Hungary in 1847, in his own play Der letzte Zopf. The play was successful, and he was engaged as a playwright and actor in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, appearing there from 1848. He wrote and translated a large number of plays in the genre of {{ill|Old Viennese Folk Theatre|de|Alt-Wiener Volkstheater}}; he is said to have written more than 130 works. Music for these was composed by Adolf Müller, Franz von Suppé, Anton M. Storch and Carl Millöcker.{{ÖBL2|Alois|Berla|1826|1896|author=|title=Berla, Alois; Ps. A. Scheichl (1826-1896), Schriftsteller, Schauspieler und Sänger}}[https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/118153722.html "Berla (eigentlich Scheichel), Alois"] Neue Deutsche Biographie, 1955.[https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_B/Berla_Alois.xml "Berla (eig. Scheichl), Alois"] Oesterreiches Musiklexikon Online. Retrieved 22 August 2024.