Later, at 19, he became part of the Hungarian comedy theater.
Within an hour, they had made their stop outside the Comedy Theater.
"I'm a child star of the comedy theater," he said.
By 1884 it was known as just the Comedy Theatre.
Seeing the pieces on stage at the Comedy Theater is anything but a television experience, however.
Now the company continues to tickle funny bones in what is the country's first comedy theater.
The play was revived in 2006 at the Comedy Theatre.
The playhouse hosts other appearances by German stars of comedy theatre.
The is the longest running satirical comedy theater in the United States.
On September 11, 2008, the play was shown at the Comedy Theatre.