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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782717903321

Autore

Reeve William C. <1943->

Titolo

Kleist on stage : 1804-1987 / / William C. Reeve

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-282-85612-X

9786612856129

0-7735-6362-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

792.9/5/0943

Soggetti

Theater - Europe, German-speaking - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Die Familie Schroffenstein -- Der zerbrochene Krug -- Amphitryon -- Penthesilea -- Das Käthchen von Heilbronn -- Die Hermannsschlacht -- Prinz Friedrich von Homburg -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Newspapers and Magazines Cited -- Audio-Visual Material -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since an account of every known staging would require several volumes, Kleist on Stage is limited to major productions in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland that attracted more than the usual press coverage, and to interpretations and adaptations outside the German-speaking countries. Reeve presents a chronological stage history of each of the plays, beginning with Die Familie Schroffenstein and ending with Prinz Friedrich von Homburg. He also discusses some of the problems faced by a director attempting to put a Kleistian drama on stage, and pleads for greater understanding and cooperation between the academic and theatrical traditions.