Bøger af Gerhart Hauptmann

An anthology of six of the most commonly studied and revived Naturalist plays from the modern European repertoire complete with a critical introduction by Dr Chris Megson ensures this is an essential compendium for students, theatre practitioners and theatre fans.

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Originally published in 1951, as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains the complete text of Die Weber by German dramatist Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946). The play is presented in German with a short editorial introduction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in German literature.

This title features the plays "Before Daybreak", "The Weavers", "The Beaver Coat", "Vor Sonnenaufgang", "Die Weber", and "Der Biberpelz."

In a translation for the stage by award-winning writer Dennis Kelly, Rose Bernd examines the female temptress and the actions which lead her into danger and disrepute.

Written in 1892, The Weavers was a response to an extraordinary, disorganised and doomed rebellion by factory workers in Silesia in the 1840s. Fifty years later, conditions had not significantly changed and Hauptmann's dramatisation, which places the workers centre stage, was a radical departure from German romantic drama. It is now considered a classic of socialist theatre and the first play with a collective hero.This edition also provides an introduction to the play and to Hauptmann's life and work.'Hauptmann has written two or three masterpieces - a little immortal thing like The Weavers for instance' James Joyce'His work stands with that of Ibsen and Strindberg as the source and inspiration of all modern drama' Eugene O'Neill.