| J.C. Schaarwächter Josef Kainz & Anna von Hochenburger as Romeo & Juliet 1884 (ca) Cabinet card Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler LL/20754 Josef Kainz played in te role of Romeo at the Deutsches Theater Berlin for three seasons between 1884 and 1886. Later he would continue playing this role in 1890, 1892, 1895 and at the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1899 when he was 41 years old.
Thanks to Dr. Ulrich Hermanns for this information (pers. email to Alan Griffiths, 10 January 2014).
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