Alexander Ziegler

Alexander Ziegler was a Swiss author and actor. Ziegler studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Wien. He was an actor in Spring Awakening, a play by Frank Wedekind, in 1964. He was also an actor in the American television series Boys and Girls, created by Fred Mallow. Openly gay, in 1966, he was imprisoned for two years because of his gay friendship with a 16-year-old named Stephan. While in prison, he wrote his first work, Labyrinth.