The prince of homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the swedes, which leads to victory. Available until now only in verse translation, it has been newly rendered for the american stage by diana stone peters and frederick g. When he died in 1811 at the age of 34, kleist left behind a corpus of works that, while small in quantity, were and still are among the finest german texts. I, who often yawn at classics, find his voice fresh, modern and complex. Upon his fathers early death in 1788 when he was ten, he was sent to the house of the preacher s. Ein preussisches schicksal, piper verlag, munich 2004 isbn 3. Born into a family of prussian military excellence, at a time when the nation had risen to supreme european fighting power, heinrich refused to tow the military line, entering instead the civil service and writing seven complete plays that are now part of the german dramatic canon. Prince frederick arthur of homburg is a military leader who has just returned from a battle. Classical german drama nathan the wise egmont mary stuart the prince of homburg dantons death by theodore h. Prince friedrich of homburg 1978 edition open library. A work of profound psychological insight, prince friedrich of. In other case, little people like to read book the prince of homburg plays for performance series. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. New directions publishing prince friedrich of homburg.
His love who is now to be betrothed to the king of sweden. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The prince of homburg, like other works by kleist, is a romantic transformation of an incident in history. Driven to suicide at the age of 34, he left behind him seven extraordinary plays. With andrea di stefano, barbora bobulova, toni bertorelli, anita laurenzi. He is court martialled however for disobeying orders and sentenced to death. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. In the year 1675, the prince is a general in the service of the elector of brandenburg. Dee edition, in english the prince of homburg 1990 edition open library. Ein preussisches schicksal, piper verlag, munich 2004 isbn 3492046517. Prince frederick arthur of homburg is a military leader who has just returned from a. May 24, 2018 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Publication date 1956 publisher new york, liberal arts press collection. There are but two of them, but they are active and full of initiative, unusual for the times when this play was written.
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