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The First German Theatre (Routledge Revivals): Schiller, Goethe, Kleist and Büchner in Performance - Softcover

Patterson, Michael

 
9781138639690: The First German Theatre (Routledge Revivals): Schiller, Goethe, Kleist and Büchner in Performance
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138639699 ISBN 13: 9781138639690
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

First published in 1990. The book surveys of the development of German theatre from a market sideshow into an important element of cultural life and political expression. It examines Schiller as ‘theatre poet’ at Mannheim, Goethe’s work as director of the court theatre at Weimar, and then traces the rapid commercial decline that made it difficult for Kleist and impossible for Büchner to see their plays staged in their own lifetime. Four representative texts are analysed: Schiller’s The Robbers, Goethe’s Iphigenia on Tauris, Kleist’s The Prince of Homburg, and Büchner’s Woyzeck. This title will be of interest to students of theatre and German literature.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138639699
ISBN 13 
9781138639690
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224