Ferdinand Bruckner
(1891 - 1958). Austrian dramatist born Theodore Tagger,
Vienna 26 August 1891. Died West Berlin 5 December, 1958
Plays
- Annette. Comedy. Published 1920. Produced
Vienna, Kammerspiele, Dec. 16, 1920
- 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
- Kapitän Christoph (Captain Christopher).
Play. Written 1921
- Te Deum. Play, 1 act. Produced Berlin, Neues
Theater, Feb. 1, 1922
- Krankheit der fugend (The Malady of Youth).
Play, 3 acts. Written 1924. Published 1928. Produced
Breslau, Lobetheater, and Hamburg, Kammerspiele, Oct. 16,
1926
- Die Verbrecher (The Criminals). Play, 3 acts.
Written 1928. Published 1928. Produced Berlin, Deutsches
Theater, Oct. 23, 1928.
- Die Kreatur (The Creature). Play, 3 acts.
Published 1929. Produced Berlin, Komödie, Mar. 10,
1930
- Elisabeth von England (Elizabeth of England). Historical drama, 5 acts. Published 1930. Produced
Berlin, Deutsches Theater, and Bremen, Hamburg, and
Leipzig, Nov. 1, 1930
- Timon. (Adaptation). Tragedy. Written 1931.
Published 1932. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Jan. 23,
1931. Based on Shakespeare's Timon of Athens. New
versions: 1948, 1956
- 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
- Die Rassen (The Races). Play, 3 acts. Written
1933. Published 1933. Produced Zurich, Schauspielhaus,
Nov. 30, 1933
- Napoleon der Erste (Napoleon the First). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1935. Published 1936. Produced
Prague, Národní Divadlo, Mar. 9, 1937
- Heroische Komödie (Heroic Comedy).
Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1942. Published 1948. Produced
Vienna, Volkstheater, 1946
- Denn seine Zeit ist kurz (For His Time Is
Short). Play. Written 1946. Published 1945. Produced
Mexico City, Sept. 30, 1943
- 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.
- Die Befreiten (The Liberated). Documentary
discussion play. Written 1944. Produced Zurich,
Schauspielhaus, Sept. 13, 1945
- Fährten (Tracks). Play. Written 1947.
Published 1948. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, May 8,
1948
- Pyrrhus und Andromache (Pyrrhus and
Andromache). Tragedy. Written 1951. Published 1956.
Produced Zurich, Schauspielhaus, Feb. 16, 1952
- Früchte des Nichts (Fruits of
Nothingness). Play. Produced Mannheim, National
Theater, Apr. 19, 1952
- Der Tod einer Puppe (The Death of a Doll).
Modem tragedy. Published 1957. Produced Bochum, Oct. 15,
1956
- 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.
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