Playwrights and their stage works 

Ernst Toller

(1893 - 1939) German expressionist poet and playwright. Born 1 December, 1893 Samotschin; Died New York 22 May, 1939

Stage Works

  1. Die Wandlung (Transfiguration). Drama, prologue and 6 stages. Written 1917/18. Published 1919. Produced Berlin, Tribüne Theater, Aug. 30, 1919.
  2. Masse Mensch (Masses and Man). Tragedy, 7 scenes. Written 1919. Published 1921. Produced Nürnberg, Stadttheater, Nov. 15, 1920; Berlin, Proletarisches Theater, 1921 (by Erwin Piscator).
  3. Die Rache des verhöhnten Liebhabers oder Frauenlist und Männerlist (The Scorned Lover's Revenge or The Wiles of Women and Men). Puppet show, 2 acts. Written 1920. Published 1928.
  4. Die Maschinenstürmer (The Machine Wreckers). Proletarian drama, 5 acts. Written 1920/21. Published 1922. Produced Berlin, Grosses Schauspielhaus, June 30, 1922.
  5. Der deutsche Hinkemann (Hinkemann; also translated as Broken-brow). Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1921/22. Published 1923. Produced Leipzig, Altes Theater, Sept. 19, 1923.
  6. Bilder aus oder grossen französischen Revolution (Scenes from the Great French Revolution). Mass play. Written 1923.
  7. Der entfesselte Wotan (Wotan Unchained). Comedy. Written 1923. Published 1923. Produced Prague, Kleine Bühne, Jan. 29, 1925.
  8. Krieg und Frieden (War and Peace). Mass play. Written 1923.
  9. Erwachen (Awakening). Mass play. Written 1924.
  10. Hoppla, wir leben! (Such Is Life!). Play, prologue and 5 acts. Written 1927. Published 1927. Produced Hamburg, Kammerspiele, Sept. 1, 1927; Berlin, 1927 (by Piscator).
  11. Bourgeois bleibt Bourgeois (Bourgeois Remains Bourgeois). Musical comedy. Written 1928. Produced Berlin, Lessingtheater, Feb. 20, 1929. (Adaptation, with Walter Hasenclever). Based on Moliére's Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
  12. Feuer aus den Kesseln (Draw the Fires!). Historical drama, 12 scenes. Written 1930. Published 1930. Produced Berlin, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Aug. 31, 1930.
  13. Mary Baker Eddy oder Wunder in Amerika (Mary Baker Eddy or Miracle in America). (With Hermann Kesten). Drama, 5 acts. Written 1930. Published 1935. Produced London, Gate Theatre, 1934.
  14. Die blinde Göttin (The Blind Goddess). Drama, 5 acts. Written 1932. Published 1933.
  15. Nie wieder Friede! (No More Peace!). Comedy, 2 scenes. Written 1936. Published 1936.
  16. Blind Man's Bluff. Drama, 3 acts. Written 1936. (With Denis Johnston). Published 1938. Produced Dublin, Abbey Theatre, Dec. 28, 1936. Revision of Die blinde Göttin.
  17. Pastor Hall. Written 1937. Published 1939.