Composers and their stage works 


Hermann Bahr

(1863-1934)

Austrian critic, satirist and dramatist

Born Linz July 18, 1863; Died Munich January 15, 1934

Stage Works
  1. Der fire Punkt (The Fixed Point). Farce, 1 act. Written 1882.
  2. Die Wunderkur (The Miracle Cure). Farce, 1 act. Written 1883.
  3. Die neuen Menschen (The New Men). Play, 3 acts. Written 1887. Published 1887.
  4. La Marquesa d'Amaëgui (The Marchioness of Amaëgui). Conversation piece. Written 1887. Published 1888.
  5. Die grosse Sünde (The Great Sin). Tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1888.
  6. Die Mutter (The Mother). Play, 3 acts. Published 1891.
  7. Die häusliche Frau (The Domestic Woman). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1891. Published 1892. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, June 8, 1892.
  8. (With Carl Karlweis). Aus der Vorstadt (From the Suburbs). Folk play, 3 acts. Published 1893. Produced Vienna, Deutsches Volkstheater, Mar. 11, 1893.
  9. (Adaptation). Die Nixe (The Mermaid). Play, 4 acts. Published 1896. Based on a Russian play by H. V. Spashinsky.
  10. Juana. Play. Published 1896.
  11. Josephine.* Play, 4 acts. Written 1897. Published 1898.
  12. Tschaperl* (Helpless). Play, 4 acts. Written 1897. Published 1898. Produced Vienna, Carltheater, Feb. 27, 1897.
  13. Der Star (The Star). Play, 4 acts. Written 1898. Published 1899.
  14. (With Kadweis). Wenn es euch gefällt (If You Like It). Revue, 3 scenes and prologue. Published 1899.
  15. Der Athlet (The Athlete). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1899.
  16. Wienerinnen (Viennese Women). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1900. Published 1900.
  17. Der Franzl (Francis). Play, 5 acts. Published 1901.
  18. Der Apostel (The Apostle). Play, 3 acts. Published 1901.
  19. Der Krampus (The Devil's Emissary). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1901.
  20. Der liebe Augustin (Dear Augustine). Pantomime. Published 1902.
  21. Der Meister* (The Master). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1903. Published 1903. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, Dec. 12, 1903.
  22. Unter sich (Among Themselves). Poor people's play, 4 scenes. Published 1904.
  23. Die gelbe Nachtigall (The Yellow Nightingale). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1904.
  24. Sanna. Play, 5 acts. Written 1904. Published 1905. Produced Berlin, Kleines Theater, Mar. 10, 1905.
  25. Die Andere (The Other Woman). Play, 5 acts. Written 1905. Published 1906.
  26. Der arme Narr (The Poor Jester). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1905.
  27. Ringelspiel (Merry-go-round). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1906. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, 1906.

The following three plays were published under the joint title Grotesken (Grotesques).

  1. Der Klub der Erlöser (The Club of the Redeemers). Grotesque, 1 act. Published 1907.
  2. Der Faun (The Satyr). Grotesque, 1 act. Published 1907.
  3. Die tiefe Natur (The Deep Nature). Grotesque, 1 act. Published 1907.
  1. Das Konzert (The Concert). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1909. Published 1909.
  2. Die Kinder (The Children). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1911.
  3. Das Tänzchen (The Little Dance). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1911.
  4. Das Prinzip (The Principle). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1912.
  5. Das Phantom (The Phantom). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1913.
  6. Der Querulant (The Complainer). Comedy, 4 acts. Published 1914.
  7. Der muntere Seifensieder (The Jolly Soapmaker). Farce. Written 1914. Published 1914.
  8. Die Stimme (The Voice). Play, 3 acts. Published 1916.
  9. Der Augenblick (The Moment). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1917.

The following three plays were published under the joint title Spielerei (Dalliance).

  1. Der Unmensch (The Brute). Play. Published 1919.
  2. Landpartie (Excursion). Drama, 1 act. Published 1919.
  3. Ehelei (Wedlocking). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1920.
  1. Der Selige (The Blessed One). Drama, 1 act. Published 1919.
  2. Der Umsturz (The Overthrow). Farce, 1 act. Published 1919.
  3. Altweibersommer (Indian Summer). Farce, 3 acts. Published 1924.
  4. Die Tante (The Aunt). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1928.

CRITICISM

  1. W. Handl, Hermann Bahr, Berlin, 1913;
  2. A. Bahr-Mildenburg, Erinnerungen, Vienna, 1921;
  3. M. Macken, Hermann Bahr: His Personality and His Works, Dublin, 1926;
  4. M. B. Blau, "Hermann Bahr and die religiosen Stimmungen seiner Zeit," dissertation, Vienna, 1936;
  5. K. Bogner, "Hermann Bahr and das Theaterwesen seiner Zeit," dissertation, Vienna, 1947;
  6. G. Freudingerber, "Hermann Bahrs Stellung zum Nationalismus and zum österreichischen Staatsgedanken," dissertation, Vienna, 1949;
  7. E. Hubalek, "Hermann Bahr im Kreise Hofmannsthals and Reinhardts," dissertation, Vienna, 1953;
  8. E. Buschbeck, Mimus Austriacus: Aus dem nachgelassenen Werk, ed. by L. von Tobisch, Salzburg, 1962;
  9. K. Nirschl, In seinem Menschen ist Osterreich: Hermann Bahrs Inner Weg, Linz, 1964;
  10. U. Rosenbaum, Die Gestalt des Schauspielers auf dem deutschen Theater des 19. Jahrhunderts mit der besonderen Berücksichtigung der dramatischen Werk von Hermann Bahr, Arthur Schnitzler and Heinrich Mann, Cologne, 1970;
  11. K. J. Muller, Das Dekadenzproblem in der österreichischen Literatur um die Jahrhundertwende, dargelegt an Texten von Hermann Bahr, Richard von Schaukal, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Leopold von Andriau, Stuttgart, 1977.