Composers and their stage works 


Christian Dietrich Grabbe

(1801 - 1836). German poet, satirist and dramatist. Born Detmold 11 December, 1801. Died Demold 12 September, 1836.

PLAYS

  1. Herzog Theodor von Gothland (Duke Theodore of Gotland). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1822. Published 1827. Produced Vienna, Feb. 7, 1892.
  2. Scherz, Satire, Ironie and tiefere Bedeutung (Jest, Satire, Irony and Deeper Significance). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Written 1822. Published 1827. Produced Vienna, Akademietheater, Dec. 7, 1876 (privately); Munich, Schauspielhaus, May 27, 1907 (publicly).
  3. Marius and Sulla (Marius and Sulla). Tragedy, 5 acts; prose. Written, first version, 1823; second version, 1827. Published 1827. Produced Munster, Stadttheater, Sept. 27, 1936.
  4. Nanette and Maria (Nanette and Maria). Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1823. Published 1827. Produced Kettwig, Bergtheater, June 1, 1914.
  5. Don Juan and Faust (Don Juan and Faust). Tragedy, 4 acts; verse. Written 1827/28. Published 1829. Produced Detmold, Hoftheater, Mar. 29, 1829.
  6. Hohenstaufen I: Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa (The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse and prose. Written 1828/29. Published 1829. Produced Schwerin, Hoftheater, Dec. 8, 1875.
  7. Hohenstaufen II: Kaiser Heinrich der Sechste (Emperor Henry VI). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1828/29. Published 1830. Produced Schwerin, Hoftheater, Dec. 10, 1875.
  8. Aschenbrödel (Cinderella). Drama. Written 1829. Published 1835. Produced Detmold, Landestheater, Sept. 29, 1937.
  9. Napoleon oder Die hundert Tage (Napoleon or The Hundred Days). Drama, 5 acts; prose. Written 1829/31. Published 1831. Produced Vienna, Theater an der Wien, Aug. 12, 1869; Frankfurt am Main, Sept. 2, 1895.
  10. Kosciuszko. Fragment. Drama, 5 acts. Written 1832. Published 1835. Produced Munster, Stadttheater, Feb. 18, 1940 (1 scene); Gelsenkirchen, Stadttheater, Jan. 8, 1941 (fragment).
  11. Alexander. Fragment. Play. Written 1835. Produced Mannheim, Deutsches Nationaltheater, Apr. 3, 1929.
  12. Hannibal. Tragedy, 5 acts; prose. Written 1835. Published 1835. Produced Munich, Nationaltheater, Dec. 20, 1918.
  13. Die Hermannsschlacht (The Hermann Battle). Drama, 8 parts. Written 1835/36. Published 1838. Produced Düsseldorf, Schauspielhaus, Aug. 2, 1936.