Download or read book The German Drama in English on the Philadelphia Stage Classic Reprint written by Charles Frederic Brede and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The German Drama in English, on the Philadelphia Stage The material for this study was collected before 1905 when the author contributed to the Schiller number of the German American Annals the article "Schiller on the Philadelphia Stage to the Year 1830." Parts of this larger work appeared in the German American Annals in 1912. and subsequently. It is a pleasure to note that others have followed in the same field and have compiled similar material for other cities. The Shakespeare plays are listed for the sake of comparison, and so to a limited extent are the plays of French origin. Moreover the repertoire of the leading Shakespeare actors included a number of German plays. The reason for the general description of theatre conditions in Philadelphia and of the various theatres there is given in the introductory remarks. What may appear as extraneous material is included on account of its general bearing on the subject. Following a general account of the theatre the work is divided into three periods: the first period, from 1749-1774 followed by an interregnum from 1774-1782 during the British occupation; the second period, from 1782-1794, the year of the opening of the first Chestnut Street Theatre: the third period from 1794-1830. On page 158 and other places a concluding chapter is referred to, but was omitted and will appear later in a more elaborate form in connection with a complete list of all plays at all the theatres from 1794-1830. Among the many plays listed as of possible or partial German origin there are no doubt some which others will be able to identify more definitely, especially with the help of the clues given here. A list of errata follows; but one error requires explanation. On pages 52 and 62 it is assumed that in the English version and American stage version of Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm (The Disbanded Officer or the Baroness of Bruchsal), the character of the Frenchman, Ricaut de la Marliniere, is omitted. This is incorrect and misleading. The character is not omitted altogether but is represented by Count Belair with a complete change of character in the English version, and this was still further modified to meet conditions in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The United States Catalog Books in Print January 1 1912 written by Marion Effie Potter and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 2174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The United States Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 2202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mary Stuart written by Friedrich Schiller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mary Stuart: A Tragedy in Five Acts From the German of Schiller The first performance of Mary Stuart in this country in English is said by C01. T. Allston Brown, whose dicta as to theatrical matters are bound to command respect, to have been given at the Walnut Street Theatre, in Philadelphia, during the season of 1865-66, by Jean Davenport Lander; but it has been found impossible to verify this statement. It has been found equally impossible to identify the Mary Stuart produced at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, on December 13, 1829, by Mrs. J. R. Duff, at a single performance for this lady's benefit, as a translation of Schiller's play, though the cast of characters, so far as it can be traced, makes this seem to be the fact. Mrs. Duff was the Mary Stuart of this performance, Mrs. G. Barrett the Elizabeth, Mr. Scott the Leicester, and Mr. W. H. Smith the Mortimer. This piece, what ever its source, does not seem to have been repeated by Mrs. Duff or any other, in Boston or elsewhere; but if, as seems probable, it was a translation of Schiller's play, Its unique production slenderly carries off the honors of priority. But whether or not Mrs. Lander played the part in 1865 in Philadelphia in some experimental version, and whatever the origin of Mrs. Duff's isolated performance, Mrs. Lander may fairly be credited with having created the part of Mary Stuart in the United States, since her first appearance in a version of the play prepared expressly for her use by herself and Mr. George Becks can he established definitely, and since her presentation of the character, thus initiated, had a national and not merely a local recognition and repute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book German American Annals Vol 14 written by Marion Dexter Learned and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from German American Annals, Vol. 14: Continuation of the Quarterly Americana Germanica; Jan., Feb., Mar., And Apr., 1912 During the last decade of the eighteenth century and the first quarter of the nineteenth, German plays in translation were fre quently performed on the English stage in America. The the atres of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities not only supplemented their repertoire with German plays, but some seasons were dominated by such plays, and the German drama became a subject of discussion in American cities as well as in England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The United States Catalog written by Mary Burnham and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Mothers Classic Reprint written by Georg Hirschfeld and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mothers The modern German drama in prose, more perhaps than the drama Of any age or country, has set itself the aim Of understanding the nature and the qualities Of human life. This effort, made and pursued with an almost consecrated earnestness, has necessarily tended to break the moulds into which the traditional art Of the theatre had been cast. We cannot too Often remind ourselves that that art made its selec tion from the material of life not only under the limitations Of a few essential conventions, but Of many that were unmeaning and arbitrary. In ex treme cases it ceased to bear any relation to reality and became an artifice sustained only by its own fragile laws and living only during the brief and hec tic hours of actual representation. Congreve is a great writer and Scribe a very small one. As imita tions or interpretations of human life the plays Of neither have more meaning than a game of billiards. But an imitation or interpretation of human life is the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Dramatic Bibliography written by and published by 清华大学出版社有限公司. This book was released on 1933 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays Brown University Library Providence Rhode Island written by Brown University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
