Goethe and the Weimar theatre / Marvin Carlson

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"The gaps in our knowledge of the history of theatrical performance would seem to be apparent, but few scholars are working to fill them. Marvin Carlson is one of these. Although the fact that Goethe was a director as well as a playwright is generally known, it has been very difficult to find exact information in English on his staging and his work with actors. Now Carlson has written a detailed chronological study that provides us with documentation on all aspects of the Weimar theatre and makes clear Goethe's great importance for the history of directing." -- The Drama Review, 1979; 23(3), pàgina 116

Sumari: 1. Amateur Theatricals, 1775–1786: Goethe Comes to Weimar ; First Productions in Weimar and Ettersburg ; A New Theatre. 2. Reorganization of the Theatre, 1787–1797: The Arrival of Schiller ; Goethe Becomes Intendant ; Lauchstädt and König Plants ; New Actors and New Plays ; Goethe and Schiller , August Wilhelm Iffland ; "An Angel Descending". 3. Wallenstein, Fall 1797–Fall 1799: The Preparation ; The Performance. 4. The Development of a Poetic Style, Fall 1799–Fall 1801: Mahomet, Macbeth, Maria Stuart ; The Jagemann Problem. 5. The Education of an Audience, Fall 1801–Spring 1805: The Iffland Controversy ; The Kotzebue Intrigue ; The New Lauchstädt Theatre ; Kotzebue Attempts to Withdraw ; New Works by Schiller and Goethe ; Julius Caesar ; Mme de Staël ; Wilhelmine Tell ; The Death of Schiller. 6. Goethe Alone, 1805–1817: The French Invasion ; Calderón, Werner, and Kleist ; Napoleon and a New Conflict ; New Plays and Masques ; Calderón and Shakespeare ; The War Comes to Weimar ; Epimenides and Zenobia ; A New Designer , The Loss of the Wolfs ; The Final Blow. 7. Goethe and the Theatre after His Departure. Overview: Goethe as a Director. Appendix: Goethe's Rules for Actors (1803)