Composers and their stage works 


 

Ferdinand Bruckner

(1891 - 1958). Austrian dramatist born Theodore Tagger, Vienna 26 August 1891. Died West Berlin 5 December, 1958

Plays

  1. Annette. Comedy. Published 1920. Produced Vienna, Kammerspiele, Dec. 16, 1920
  2. Harry oder die Komödie der Untergang der Welt (Harry or The Comedy of the World's Downfall). Comedy. Published 1920. Produced Halle, Stadttheater, Dec. 23, 1920
  3. Kapitän Christoph (Captain Christopher). Play. Written 1921
  4. Te Deum. Play, 1 act. Produced Berlin, Neues Theater, Feb. 1, 1922
  5. Krankheit der fugend (The Malady of Youth). Play, 3 acts. Written 1924. Published 1928. Produced Breslau, Lobetheater, and Hamburg, Kammerspiele, Oct. 16, 1926
  6. Die Verbrecher (The Criminals). Play, 3 acts. Written 1928. Published 1928. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, Oct. 23, 1928.
  7. Die Kreatur (The Creature). Play, 3 acts. Published 1929. Produced Berlin, Komödie, Mar. 10, 1930
  8. Elisabeth von England (Elizabeth of England). Historical drama, 5 acts. Published 1930. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, and Bremen, Hamburg, and Leipzig, Nov. 1, 1930
  9. Timon. (Adaptation). Tragedy. Written 1931. Published 1932. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Jan. 23, 1931. Based on Shakespeare's Timon of Athens. New versions: 1948, 1956
  10. Die Marquise von O. (The Marchioness of O.). (Adaptation). Play. Published 1933. Produced Darmstadt, Feb. 25, 1933. Based on the novella by Heinrich von Kleist
  11. Die Rassen (The Races). Play, 3 acts. Written 1933. Published 1933. Produced Zurich, Schauspielhaus, Nov. 30, 1933
  12. Napoleon der Erste (Napoleon the First). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1935. Published 1936. Produced Prague, Národní Divadlo, Mar. 9, 1937
  13. Heroische Komödie (Heroic Comedy). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1942. Published 1948. Produced Vienna, Volkstheater, 1946
  14. Denn seine Zeit ist kurz (For His Time Is Short). Play. Written 1946. Published 1945. Produced Mexico City, Sept. 30, 1943
  15. Simon Bolivar. Historical drama, 2 parts. Part I: Der Kampf mit dem Engel (The Fight with the Angel). Written 1942. Published 1957. Produced Brunswick, Sept. 4, 1957. Part II: Der Kampf mit dem Drachen (The Fight with the Dragon). Published 1945. Produced Dresden, Staatstheater, 1945.
  16. Die Befreiten (The Liberated). Documentary discussion play. Written 1944. Produced Zurich, Schauspielhaus, Sept. 13, 1945
  17. Fährten (Tracks). Play. Written 1947. Published 1948. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, May 8, 1948
  18. Pyrrhus und Andromache (Pyrrhus and Andromache). Tragedy. Written 1951. Published 1956. Produced Zurich, Schauspielhaus, Feb. 16, 1952
  19. Früchte des Nichts (Fruits of Nothingness). Play. Produced Mannheim, National Theater, Apr. 19, 1952
  20. Der Tod einer Puppe (The Death of a Doll). Modem tragedy. Published 1957. Produced Bochum, Oct. 15, 1956
  21. Das irdene Wägelchen (The Earthen Cart). (Adaptation). Play. Written 1956. Produced Mannheim, Oct. 29, 1957. Based on the Sanskrit play Mrcchakajikä (The Little Clay Cart), by King Shúdraka.