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Johann Ludwig TIECK

(1773 - 1853)

German poet, novelist, critic, translator and dramatist: Born Berlin May 31, 1773; Died Berlin April 28, 1853

PLAYS

  1. Alla-Moddin. Drama, 3 acts. Published 1790.
  2. Das Reh (The Deer). Play. Published 1790.
  3. Der Abschied (The Parting). Tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1792.
  4. Ein Schurke uber den anderen, oder Die Fuchsprelle (One Scoundrel Bests the Other, or The Fox Trick).(Adaptation). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1793. Based on Ben Jonson's Volpone (1605). 
  5. Karl von Berneck. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1795. Published 1795.
  6. Hanswurst als Emigrant (The Clown as Emigrant). Text for puppet play. Published 1795.
  7. Die Theegeselischaft (The Tea Party). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1796.
  8. Ritter Blaubart (Bluebeard the Knight). Tale for children, 5 acts. Published 1796. Produced Düsseldorf, May 3, 1835.
  9. Ein Prolog (A Prologue). Prologue, 1 act. Published 1796.
  10. Der gestiefelte Kater* (Puss in Boots). Tale for children, 3 acts, prologue and epilogue; verse. Written 1796. Published 1797. Produced Berlin, Königliches Schauspielhaus, Apr. 20, 1844.
  11. Prinz Zerbino, oder Die Reise nach dem guten Geschmack (Prince Zerbino, or The Journey in Search of Good Taste). Comedy, 6 acts. Published 1798. Continuation of Die gestiefelte Kater. 
  12. Das Ungeheuer, and Der verzauberte Wald (The Monster, and The Enchanted Forest). Musical tale for children, 4 acts. Published 1798.
  13. Die verkehrte Welt (The World Upside Down). Historical drama, 5 acts. Written 1798. Published 1799.
  14. Leben und Tod der heiligen Genoveva (Life and Death of St. Genevieve). Tragedy; verse. Written 1799. Published 1800. Produced Salzburg, June, 1807. 
  15. Leben und Tod des kleinen Rotkäppchens (Life and Death of Little Red Riding Hood). Tragedy, unnumbered scenes. Published 1800.
  16. Epicoene, oder Das stumme Mädchen (Epicoene, or The Silent Woman). (Translation). Comedy, 5 acts. Pulished 1800. After Ben Jonson.
  17. Der neue Herkules am Scheidewege (The New Hercules at the Crossroads). Play. Early version of Der Autor.
  18. Der Autor (The Author). Shrovetide play. Published 1800. Based on Der neue Herkules am Scheidewege.
  19. Der Anti-Faust, oder Die Geschichte des dummen Teufels (The Anti-Faust, or The Story of the Silly Devil). Comedy, prologue and 1 act. Published 1801.
  20. Kaiser Octavianus (The Emperor Octavianus). Comedy in 2 parts; prologue, unnumbered scenes, 5 acts. Published 1801. Revised version: Published 1828.
  21. Magelona. Prologue. Published 1803.
  22. Das Donauweib (The Woman of the Danube). Play, 1 act. Published 1808.
  23. Leben und Taten des kleinen Thomas, genannt Däumchen (The Life and Deeds of Little Thomas, Called Tom Thumb). Tale for children, 3 acts. Published 1811. 
  24. Fortunat (Fortunatus). Tale for children in 2 parts, each 5 acts. Written 1815. Published 1816.
  25. König Johann (King John). (Translation) Drama, 5 acts. Published 1821. From Shakespeare.
  26. Georg Green der Flurschütz von Wakefield (George Green, the Field Ranger of Wakefield). (Translation). Drama, 13 scenes. Published 1821. From Shakespeare. 
  27. Perikles Fürst von Tyrus (Pericles, Prince of Tyre). (Translation). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1821. From Shakespeare.
  28. Lokrine (Locrine). (Translation). Tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1821. From Shakespeare?
  29. Der lustige Teufel von Edmonton (The Merry Devil of Edmonton). (Translation). Comedy, 11 scenes. Published 1821. From Shakespeare.
  30. Das alte Schauspiel von König Lear and seinen Töchtern (The Old Play of King Lear and His Daughters). (Translation). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1821. From Shakespeare.

EDITIONS
  • Oeuvres completes, 6 vols., Paris, 1832-1833;
  • Aus gewählte Werke, ed. by G. Witkowski, 4 vols., Leipzig, 1903;
  • Werke, ed. by M. Thalman, 4 vols., Munich, 1963-1965.
  • Puss in Boots. Published in The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, ed. by K. Francke and tr. by L. Winter, vol. 4, New York, 1913-1914. 

CRITICISM

  • K. Brodnitz, Die vier Mädchen-komödien von Ludwig Tieck, Erlangen, 1912;
  • J. J. Bertrand, Ludwig Tieck et le theatre espagnol, Paris, 1914;
  • E. H. Zeydel, Ludwig Tieck and England, Princeton, N.J., 1931;
  • A. E. Lasky, Tieck's Romantic Irony, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1932;
  • E. H. Zeydel, Ludwig Tieck, the German Romanticist, Princeton, N.J., 1933;
  • P. C. Matenko, Ludwig Tieck and America, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1954;
  • J. Trainer, Ludwig Tieck, From Gothic to Romantic, The Hague, 1964;
  • C. Gneuss, Der späte Tieck als Zeitkritiker, Düsseldorf, 1971;
  • Ludeke, Ludwig Tieck und das alte englische Theater, Hildesheim, 1975
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