The German Stage, 1767-1890: A Directory of Playwrights and Plays (Bibliographies & Indexes in the Performing Arts) (Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts) - Hardcover

Richel, Veronica C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313249903 ISBN 13: 9780313249907

Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL, 1988

Synopsis

This compendium of data on German playwrights and plays emphasizes the working repertory of German theatres during the period from 1767 to 1890. Presented in a clear and concise format, the information has been extracted from a variety of sources, many of which are difficult to obtain and inconveniently arranged. By including the works of both dilettantes and literary giants, the book provides insight into the theatre of the period under study and will prove useful for research on German Trivialliteraturof the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Review:

"The body of this work is an alphabetical list of German playwrights entered under their most-used names with alternates given and cross-references provided. For each name, dates, and places of birth and death are given where available, along with references of the author's appearances in biographical sources. There follows a list of each writer's plays with codes indicating genre; number of acts; a date of publication (although not necessarily the first or only date); the language of the original if the play is an adaptation . . . and dates of performance in the ten cities whose theaters are included. There is an index to titles. In an economical introduction, the compiler explains that she has extracted the performance data from a group of German theater histories; the work is therefore as accurate and as selective as its sources. A vast amount of information is here, certainly, and since the source works are likely to be available only in large libraries, this is a sound acquisition for college and university collections serving theater history and German literature programs."-Choice

?The body of this work is an alphabetical list of German playwrights entered under their most-used names with alternates given and cross-references provided. For each name, dates, and places of birth and death are given where available, along with references of the author's appearances in biographical sources. There follows a list of each writer's plays with codes indicating genre; number of acts; a date of publication (although not necessarily the first or only date); the language of the original if the play is an adaptation . . . and dates of performance in the ten cities whose theaters are included. There is an index to titles. In an economical introduction, the compiler explains that she has extracted the performance data from a group of German theater histories; the work is therefore as accurate and as selective as its sources. A vast amount of information is here, certainly, and since the source works are likely to be available only in large libraries, this is a sound acquisition for college and university collections serving theater history and German literature programs.?-Choice

About the Author:

VERONICA C. RICHEL is Associate Professor of German at the University of Vermont.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0313249903
• ISBN 13: 9780313249907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248