Another station in his long-standing career was the Theater in der Josefstadt.
He was among others engaged at the Burgtheater from 1874-1923 and became the director from 1912-1917.
He worked in a grocery and attended a trade school before making several appearances on stage as an amateur in his home town.
In 1897 he directed his first play, and from 1912 to 1917 he was also director of the Burgtheater, from which he had long since obtained a contract for life plus entitlement to a pension.