Composers and their stage works 



Gerhart Hauptmann

German dramatist, novelist and poet. Born Obersalzbrunn, Silesia 15 November, 1862; died Agnetendorf 6 June, 1946.

Stage Works

  1. Vor Sonnenaufgang (Before Sunrise). Social drama, 5 acts. Written 1889. Published 1889. Produced Berlin, Freie Biihne (Lessingtheater), October 20, 1889.

  2. Das Friedensfest (The Reconciliation). Family catastrophe, 3 acts. Written 1889. Published 1890. Produced Berlin, Freie Biihne (Ostendtheater), June 1, 1890.

  3. Einsame Menschen (Lonely Lives). Drama, 5 acts. Written 1890. Published 1891. Produced Berlin, Freie Biihne (Residenztheater), January 11, 1891.

  4. Kollege Crampton (Colleague Crampton). Comedy, 5 acts. Written 1891. Published 1892. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, January 16, 1892.

  5. Die Weber (The Weavers). Historical drama, 5 acts. Written 1891/ 92. Published 1892. Produced Berlin, Freie Biihne (Neues Theater), February 26, 1893.

  6. Der Biberpelz (The Beaver Coat). Thieves' comedy, 4 acts. Written 1892. Published 1893. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, September 21, 1893.

  7. Hanneles Himmelfahrt (The Assumption of Hannele). Dream poem, 2 acts. Written 1893. Published 1894. Produced Berlin, Konigliches Schauspielhaus, November 14, 1893.

  8. Florian Geyer. Tragedy, prologue and 5 acts. Written 1894/95. Published 1896. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, January 4, 1896.

  9. Die versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell). Drama, 5 acts; verse. Written 1896. Published 1896. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, December 2, 1896.

  10. Elga. Drama, 1 act. Written 1896. Published 1905. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, March 4, 1905.

  11. Fuhrmann Henschel (Drayman Henschel). Drama, 5 acts. Written 1897/98. Published 1898. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, November 5, 1898.

  12. Schluck and Jau (Schluck and Jau). Comedy, prologue and 6 acts. Written 1899. Published 1900. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, February 3, 1900.

  13. Michael Kramer. Drama, 4 acts. Written 1900. Published 1900. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, December 21, 1900.

  14. Der rote Hahn (The Conflagration). Tragicomedy, 4 acts. Written 1900/01. Published 1901. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, November 27, 1901.

  15. Der arme Heinrich (Henry of Aue). Drama. Written 1901/02. Published 1902. Produced Vienna, Hofburgtheater, November 29, 1902.

  16. Rose Bernd. Drama, 5 acts. Written 1903. Published 1903. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, October 31, 1903.

  17. Und Pippa tanzt! (And Pippa Dances!). Glass-factory fairy tale, 4 acts. Written 1905. Published 1906. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, January 19, 1906.

  18. Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg (The Maidens of the Mount). Comedy. Written 1905/06. Published 1907. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, February 2, 1907.

  19. Gabriel Schillings Flucht (Gabriel Schilling's Flight). Drama, 5 acts. Written 1905/06. Published 1912. Produced Bad Lauchstadt, Goethe-Theater, June 14, 1912.

  20. Kaiser Karls Geisel (Charlemagne's Hostage). Drama, 4 acts; verse. Written 1907. Published 1908. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, January 11, 1908.

  21. Griselda. Comedy, 12 scenes. Written 1908. Published 1909. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, and Vienna, Hofburgtheater, March 6, 1909.

  22. Die Ratten (The Rats). Tragi-comedy, 5 acts. Written 1909/10. Published 1911. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, January 13, 1911.

  23. Peter Brauer. Tragi-comedy, 3 acts. Written 1910. Published 1921. Produced Berlin, Lustspielhaus, November 1, 1921.

  24. Festspiel in deutschen Reimen für die Jahrhundertfeier der Befreiungskriege (Festival Play). Play. Written 1912. Published 1913. Produced Breslau, Jahrhunderthalle, May 31, 1913.

  25. Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus). Drama, 5 acts. Written 1907/12. Published 1914. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Kiinstlertheater, January 17, 1914.

  26. Magnus Garbe. Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1914/15. Published 1942. Produced Dusseldorf, Schauspielhaus, February 4, 1956.

  27. Winterballade (Winter Ballad). Tragedy, 7 scenes. Written 1916. Published 1917. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, October 17, 1917.

  28. Der weisse Heiland (The White Saviour). Dramatic fantasy, 11 scenes. Written 1912/17. Published 1920. Produced Berlin, Grosses Schauspielhaus, March 28, 1920.

  29. Indipohdi. Dramatic poem, 5 acts. Written 1919. Published 1920. Produced Dresden, Staatliches Schauspielhaus, February 23, 1922. Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

  30. Veland. Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1923. Published 1925. Produced Hamburg, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, September 19, 1925.

  31. Herbert Engelmann. Drama, 4 acts. Written 1924. Published 1952. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, March 8, 1952.

  32. Dorothea Angermann. Drama, 5 acts. Written 1925. Published 1926. Produced Vienna, Theater in der Josephstadt, Munich, Kammerspiele, and fifteen other German theatres, November 20, 1926.

  33. Spuk, oder Die schwarze Maske and Hexenritt (Spectre, or The Black Mask and Witches' Ride). Tragedy, 1 act. Written 1928. Published 1929. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, December 3, 1929.

  34. Vor Sonnenuntergang (Before Sunset). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1931. Published 1932. Produced (without Act V) Berlin, Deutsches Theater, February 16, 1932. Complete version: Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, February, 1952.

  35. Die goldene Harfe (The Golden Harp). Drama, 15 scenes. Written 1933. Published 1933. Produced Munich, Kammerspiele, October 15, 1933.

  36. Hamlet in Wittenberg. Dramatic poem, 5 acts. Written 1934/35. Published 1935. Produced Leipzig, Altes Theater, Altona, Stadttheater, and Osnabruck, Deutsches Nationaltheater, November 19, 1935.

  37. Ulrich von Lichtenstein. Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1937. Published 1939. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, November 11, 1939.

  38. Die Finsternisse (Darkness). Requiem, 4 acts. Written 1937. Published 1947. Produced British Broadcasting Corporation, December 20, 1947; Gottingen, Studio, July 5, 1952.

  39. Die Tochter der Kathedrale (The Daughter of the Cathedral). Drama, 5 acts; verse. Written 1938. Published 1939. Produced Berlin, Staatliches Schauspielhaus, October 3, 1939.

  40. Iphigenie in Delphi (Iphigenia in Delphi). Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1940. Published 1942. Produced Berlin, Staatliches Schauspielhaus, November 15, 1941.

  41. Iphigenie in Aulis (Iphigenia in Aulis). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1942. Published 1944. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, November 15, 1943.

  42. Agamemnons Tod (The death of Agamemnon). Tragedy, 1 act. Written 1942. Published 1948. Produced Berlin Radio, July 28, 1946; Berlin, Max Reinhardts Deutsches Theater, September 10, 1947.

  43. Elektra. Tragedy, 1 act. Written 1944. Published 1948. Produced Berlin, Max Reinhardts Deutsches Theater, September 10, 1947.