[Christian] Friedrich HEBBEL
German dramatist. Born Wesselburen, Holstein 18 March, 1813. Died Vienna 13 December, 1863.
Stage Works
- Judith. Tragedy, 5 acts; prose. Written 1840.
Published 1841. Produced Berlin, Hoftheater, July 6, 1840.
- Genoveva. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1841. Published
1843. Produced Prague, May 13, 1849; Vienna, Burgtheater, January 20,
1854.
- Der Diamant (The Diamond). Comedy, verse prologue and 5
acts; prose. Written 1841. Published 1847. Produced Kremsier, 1852.
- Maria
Magdalena. Bourgeois tragedy, 3 acts; prose. Written 1843.
Published 1844. Produced Konigsberg, March 13, 1846.
- Ein Trauerspiel in Sizilien (A Tragedy in Sicily). Tragi-comedy,
1 act; verse. Written 1847. Published 1847. Produced Hamburg, Deutsches
Schauspielhaus, October 28, 1907.
- Julia. Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1847. Published 1848. Produced
Munich, Schauspielhaus, 1903.
- Herodes and Mariamne (Herod and Mariamne). Tragedy, 5 acts;
verse. Written 1848. Published 1850. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater,
April 19, 1849.
- Der Rubin (The Ruby). Fairy-tale comedy, 3 acts; verse.
Written 1849. Published 1851. Produced Vienna, Hofburgtheater, November
21, 1849.
- Michel Angelo. Drama, 2 acts. Written 1850. Published 1851.
Produced Vienna, Quaitheater, April 1, 1861.
- Agnes Bernauer. Tragedy, 5 acts; prose. Written 1851. Published
1856. Produced Munich, Hoftheater, March 25, 1852.
- Nachspiel zur Genoveva (Epilogue to Genoveva). Play; verse.
Written 1851. Published 1852.
- Gyges and sein Ring (Gyges and His Ring). Tragedy, 5 acts;
verse. Written 1854. Published 1855. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater,
April 25, 1889.
- Moloch. Fragment. Play. Written 1858.
The following three plays (Nos. 14, 15, and 16) form the trilogy Die Nibelungen (The Nibelungs).
- Der gehornte Siegfried (The Horned Siegfried). Prologue,
1 act; verse. Written 1860. Published 1862. Produced Weimar, Hoftheater,
January 31, 1861.
- Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's Death). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse.
Written 1860.
Published 1862. Produced Weimar, Hoftheater, January 31, 1861.
- Kriemhilds Rache (Kriemhild's Revenge). Tragedy, 5 acts;
verse. Written 1860. Published 1862. Produced Weimar, Hoftheater, May
18, 1861.
- Demetrius. Tragedy, 5 acts (unfinished). Written 1863. Published 1864.