Playwrights and their stage works 

Fritz von Unruh

(1885 - 1970)

German expressionist, poet, novelist and dramatist. Born Koblenz - May 10, 1885: Died Diez November 28, 1970

Stage Works

  1. Offiziere (Officers). Drama, 4 acts; prose. Written 1911. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, Dec. 15, 1911.
  2. Louis Ferdinand, Prinz von Preussen (Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia). Drama, 5 acts; prose. Written 1913. Published 1913. Produced Darmstadt, Stadttheater, Mar. 22, 1923.
  3. Vor der Entscheidung (Before the Decision). Dramatic poem; verse. Written 1914. Published 1919. Produced 1914.

The following three plays (Nos. 4, 5, and 6) form a trilogy.

  1. Ein Geschlecht (A Race). Tragedy, 1 act; verse. Written 1916. Published 1920. Produced Frankfurt am Main, Schauspielhaus, June 16, 1918. First part of a trilogy.
  2. Platz (Square). Play, 2 acts. Written 1920. Published 1920. Produced Frankfurt am Main, Schauspielhaus, June 3, 1920. Second part of a trllogy.;
  3. Dietrich. Fragment. Written 1936. Published 1960. Concluding part of a trilogy. 
  1. Stürme (Storms). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1914, 1922. Published 1922. Produced Darmstadt, Hessisches Landestheater, June 6, 1922.
  2. Rosengarten (Rose Garden). Play. Produced Darmstadt, Hessisches Landestheater, 1923.
  3. Heinrich aus Andernach (Henry from Andernach). Festival play, 1 act. Published 1925. Produced Cologne, Schauspielhaus, June 6, 1925.
  4. Bonaparte. Drama, 4 acts; prose. Written 1927. Published 1927. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, 1927.
  5. Phäa. Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1930. Produced Berlin, Deutsches Theater, May 13, 1930.
  6. Zero: Berlin in Monte Carlo. Comedy. Produced Erfurt, Schauspielhaus, June, 1932.
  7. Gandha. Play. Written 1935. Charlotte Corday. Play. Written 1936.
  8. Duell an der Hovel (Duel at the Havel). Drama, 6 scenes. Published 1953. Produced Wiesbaden, Hessisches Staatstheater, Mar. 27, 1954.
  9. Wilhelmus oder Wilhelm von Oranien (William of Orange). Drama, 8 scenes. Published 1953. Produced Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Bühnen, 1953.
  10. 17 Juni (June Seventeenth). Drama. Published 1954.
  11. Bismarck oder Warum steht der Soldat da? (Bismarck or Why Does the Soldier Stand There?). Comedy, 2 acts. Written 1954. Published 1960.