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August Wilhelm IFFLAND

(1759 - 1814)

German actor, director and dramatist. Born Hannover April 19, 1759; died Berlin August 22, 1814

Plays

  1. Albert von Thurneisen, oder Liebe und Pflicht (Albert von Thurneisen, or Love and Duty). Tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1781. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, May 27, 1781.
  2. Wilhelm von Schenk. Drama, 5 acts. Produced Mannheim, Nation-altheater, Sept. 12, 1781.
  3. Wie man's treibt, so geht's (As We Act, So We Live). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Nov. 3, 1781.
  4. Verbrechen aus Ehrsucht (A Crime of Ambition). Family tableau, 5 acts. Published 1789. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Mar. 9, 1784.
  5. Die Mündel (The Wards). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1789. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Oct. 24, 1784.
  6. Die Jäger (The Foresters). Tableau of rural customs, 5 acts. Pub-lished 1787. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Mar. 15, 1785.
  7. Liebe um Liebe (Love for Love). Country drama, 1 act. Published 1800. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Nov. 20, 1785.
  8. Das Bewusstsein (Consciousness). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1798. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Dec. 12, 1786.
  9. Der Magnetismus (Magnetism). Epilogue, 1 act. Published 1799. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Nov. 21, 1787.
  10. Mittelweg ist Tugendprobe (The Middle Way Is the Test of Virtue). Comedy, 5 acts. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Jan. 15, 1788.
  11. Reue versöhnt (Remorse Reconciles). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1789.
  12. Figaro in Deutschland (Figaro in Germany). Comedy, 5 acts. Pub-lished 1790.
  13. Liussan, Fürst von Garisene (Liussan, Prince of Garisene). Prologue, 1 scene. Published 1791. Produced Saarbrücken, amateur theatre at court, Jan. 3, 1790.
  14. Frauenstand (Woman's Estate). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1799. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, June 29, 1790.
  15. Friedrich von Osterreich (Frederick of Austria). Historical drama, 5 acts. Published 1791.
  16. Die Kokarden (The Cockades). Tragedy, 5 acts. Publilshed 1791.
  17. Elise von Walberg. Drama, 5 acts. Published 1793. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, May 17, 1791.
  18. Die Hagestolzen (The Bachelors). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1799. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Nov. 3, 1791.
  19. Der Scheinverdienst (False Wages). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1802. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Jan. 10, 1792.
  20. Alte und neue Welt (Old and New World). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Oct. 19, 1792.
  21. Die Verbrüderung (Fraternization). Drama, 1 act. Published 1800. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Jan. 1, 1793.
  22. Altzuscharf macht schartig (A Bow Long Bent at Last Grows Weak). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1793. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Feb. 9, 1793.
  23. Der Genius (The Genius). Prologue, 1 scene. Produced Mann-heim, Nationaltheater, Aug. 3, 1793.
  24. Der Vormund (The Guardian). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1793. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Nov. 7, 1793.
  25. Herbsttag (Autumn Day). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1793. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Nov. 16, 1799.
  26. Die Reise nach der Stadt (The Journey to the City). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1794. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, and Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Feb. 12, 1794.
  27. Die Aussteuer (The Dowry). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1796. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Sept. 1; 1794.
  28. Dienstpflicht (Military Obligation). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1796. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Dec. 29, 1794.
  29. Die Geflüchteten (The Fugitives). Drama, 1 act. Published 1799. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Mar. 5, 1795.
  30. Die Advokaten, oder Der Zimmermeister (Lawyers, or The Master Carpenter). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1799. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, June 29, 1795.
  31. Alte und neue Zeit (Old and New Time). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1799. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Aug. 10, 1795.
  32. Das Vermächtnis (The Legacy). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1795. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Aug. 11, 1795.
  33. Der Spieler (The Actor). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1798. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Dec. 4, 1795.
  34. Achmet und Zenide (Achmet and Zenide). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1796. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Oct. 28, 1796.
  35. Der Hausfrieden (Domestic Peace). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1796. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Nov. 26, 1796.
  36. Das gerettete Venedig (Venice Preserved). (Adaptation). Tragedy, 5 acts. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Apr. 18, 1797. Based on Thomas Otway's Venice Preserved (1682).
  37. Das Gewissen (Conscience). Bourgeois tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1797. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, May 3, 1797.
  38. Erinnerung (Memory). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1797. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Sept. 25, 1797.
  39. Leichter Sinn (Cheerful Temper). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1798. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Mar. 8, 1808.
  40. Der Komet (The Comet). Farce, 1 act. Published 1798. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, May 29, 1798.
  41. Der Veteran (The Veteran). Drama, 1 act. Published 1800. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, June 6, 1798.
  42. Der Mann von Wort (A Man of His Word). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1798. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, July 26, 1798.
  43. Selbstbeherrschung (Self control). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1798. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Sept. 12, 1798
  44. Der Fremde (The Stranger). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1798. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Nov. 5, 1798.
  45. Albert von Thurneisen. Bourgeois tragedy, 4 acts. Published 1798. Produced Mannheim, Nationaltheater, Feb. 10, 1799.
  46. Die Künstler (The Artists).Drama, 5 acts. Published 1801. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Nov. 21, 1799.
  47. Der Eichenkranz (The Wreath of Oak Leaves). Dialogue, 1 act. Pub-lished 1800.
  48. Das Vaterhaus (The Paternal Home). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1802. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Mar. 30, 1800.
  49. Die Vaterfreude (Paternal Joy). Prologue, 1 scene. Published 1800. Produced Dürkheim, amateur theatre of the Prince of Leiningen, 1800.
  50. Die Höhen (The Heights). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1800. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Apr. 3, 1800.
  51. Die Familie Lonau (The Lonau Family). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1801. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Nov. 28, 1801.
  52. Das Erbteil des Vaters (The Father's Share of the Inheritance). Drama, 4 acts. Published 1802. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Oct. 29, 1802.
  53. Die Hausfreunde (The Family Friends). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1808. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Sept. 17, 1805.
  54. Die Seelenwanderung (The Transmigration of Souls). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Nov. 17, 1805.
  55. Der Oheim (The Uncle). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1806. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, Jan. 4, 1806.
  56. Die Heimkehr (The Homecoming). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Oct. 15, 1806.
  57. Heinrich V. Jugendjahre (The Youth of Henry V). (Adaptation). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Mar. 16, 1808. Based on Alexandre Duval's La jeunesse de Henri V (1806).
  58. Die Brautwahl (The Selection of the Bride). Drama, 1 act. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, May. 20, 1808.
  59. Die Ringe (The Rings). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Oct. 24, 1813.
  60. Liebe und Wille (Love and Will). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Jan. 9, 1814.
  61. Prolog zur Ankunft Ihrer Majestät Elizabet Alexievna, Kaiserin aller Rössen (Prologue for the Arrival of Elizabeth Alekseyerma; Empress of All Russians). Prologue, 1 act. Published 1814.

EDITIONS

  • Dramatische Werke, 16 vols., Leipzig, 1798-1802;
  • Theatralische Werke, 10 vols., Leipzig, 1858-60.
  • Conscience. Published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and In on Civilization, ed. by A. Bates and tr. by B. Thompson, vol. II, London, 1903-1904.

CRITICISM

  • A. Stiehler, Das Ifflandische Rührstück, Leipzig, 1848;
  • B. Kipfmuller, Das Ifflandische Lustspiel, Heidelberg, 1899;
  • K. A. T. Lampe, Studien über Iffland als Dramatiker, Celle, 1899;
  • H. Haerle, Ifflands Schauspielkunst, Berlin,1926;
  • E. Kliever, A. W. Iffland, Berlin, 1937;
  • K. H. Klingenberg, Iffland und Kotzebue als Dramatiker, Weimar, 1962.
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