Gerhart Hauptmann

 

Gerhart HAUPTMANN

 

Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann.
Born on 15 November 1862 in Obersalzbrunn, Lower Silesia, Prussia
 (now Szczawno-Zdrój, Poland).
Died on 6 June 1946 in Agnetendorf, Lower Silesia, Germany
 (now Jagniątków, Jelenia Góra, Poland).
Wikipedia: English, French, German.
Categories: Novels, Novellas and Short Stories, Theatre, Poetry, Non‑Fiction.

AI. Source: photograph from 1910.

 

NOVELS

Der Narr in Christo Emanuel Quint (1910).
 (The fool in Christ Emanuel Quint).
 Written in 1901–1910. Serialised in the magazine Die neue Rundschau from January to December 1910. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 1910 (Die neue Rundschau); — 1910 (13th edition); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 5); — 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 5).
 English: The fool in Christ Emanuel Quint (Thomas Seltzer, 1911).

Atlantis (1912).
 Written in 1909–1911. Serialised in the newspaper Berliner Tageblatt from 16 January to 24 April 1912. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 16 January 1912 (Berliner Tageblatt; first instalment); — 1912 (1st edition); — 1914 (27th edition); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 6); — 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 5).
 English: Atlantis (Adele and Thomas Seltzer, 1912).
 French: Atlantis (Paul Dubray and Joël Ritt, 27 January–23 March 1912, in Le Temps; first instalment); — L’Atlantide (René Lasne, 1952).

Phantom (1922).
 Subtitle: Aufzeichnungen eines ehemaligen Sträflings (Notes of a former convict). Begun in November 1915; completed in the summer of 1921. Serialised in the magazine Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung from 5 February to 1 April 1922. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in late 1922.
 German: 1923 (2nd–20th edition); — 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 English: Phantom (Bayard Quincy Morgan, 1922).

Die Insel der großen Mutter (1924).
 (The island of the great mother).
 Full title: Die Insel der großen Mutter, oder Das Wunder von Île des Dames: Eine Geschichte aus dem utopischen Archipelagus (The island of the great mother, or The miracle of Île des Dames: A story from the utopian archipelago). Written in 1916–1924. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1924.
 German: 1924 (1st–25th edition); — 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 5).
 English: The island of the great mother (Willa and Edwin Muir, 1925).

Wanda (1928).
 Written in 1927. Serialised under the title Der Dämon (The demon) in the newspaper Vossische Zeitung from 3 January to 2 February 1928. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 3 January 1928 (Vossische Zeitung; first instalment); — 1928 (1st–20th edition); — 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 5).

Buch der Leidenschaft (1929).
 (Book of passion).
 Written in 1905, and 1925–1929. Excerpts printed in newspapers in 1907, and in the Gesammelte Werke in 1922. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1929.
 German: 1929 (Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft); — 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 7).

Im Wirbel der Berufung (1936).
 (In the maelstrom of vocation).
 Written in 1924, 1926, 1928–1929 and 1931–1935. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1936.
 German: 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 5).

 

NOVELLAS and SHORT STORIES

Fasching (1887).
 (Carnival).
 Subtitle: Eine Studie (A study). Written in February–March 1887 in Erkner. Published in the magazine Siegfried in August 1887.
 German: 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 English: Carnival (Stanley Radcliffe, 1989, in Lineman Thiel and other tales).
 French: Un carnaval (René Lasne, 1952, in L’Atlantide).

Bahnwärter Thiel (1888).
 (Signalman Thiel).
 Subtitle: Novellistische Studie aus dem märkischen Kiefernforst (A novelistic study from the Brandenburg pine forest). Written in April–May 1887 in Erkner. Published in the magazine Die Gesellschaft of October 1888. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1892, along with Der Apostel.
 German: October 1888 (Die Gesellschaft); — 1892 (1st edition); — 1899 (6th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 5); — 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 English: Trackwalker Thiel (anonymous, 1906, in Transatlantic tales); — Lineman Thiel (Stanley Radcliffe, 1989, in Lineman Thiel and other tales).
 French: Le garde-barrière (René Lasne, 1952, in L’Atlantide).

Der Apostel (1890).
 (The apostle).
 Subtitle: Novelle (Novella). Written in the spring of 1890 in Charlottenburg. Published in the magazine Moderne Dichtung of July 1890. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1892, along with Bahnwärter Thiel.
 German: July 1890 (Moderne Dichtung); — 1892 (1st edition); — 1899 (6th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 5); — 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 English: The apostle (Stanley Radcliffe, 1989, in Lineman Thiel and other tales).
 French: L’apôtre (Noémi Valentin, 1926, in Bibliothèque universelle et Revue de Genève).

Lohengrin (1913).
 Written in 1910–1911. Published in Berlin by Ullstein in 1913, with illustrations by Ferdinand Staeger.
 German: 1913 (1st edition); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

Parsival (1914).
 Written in 1910–1911. Published in Berlin by Ullstein in 1914, with illustrations by Ferdinand Staeger.
 German: 1914 (1st edition); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 English: Parsival (Oakley Williams, 1915).

Der Ketzer von Soana (1918).
 (The heretic of Soana).
 Begun in February 1911 in Portofino; completed in August 1917 in Kloster on Hiddensee. Published in the magazine Die neue Rundschau of January 1918. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: January 1918 (Die neue Rundschau); — 1918 (1st–13th edition); — 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 English: The heretic of Soana (Bayard Quincy Morgan, 1923; see also 1958 and 1960); — The heretic of Soana (Harry Steinhauer, 1969, in Ten German novellas, ed. 1971, in Nobel Prize Library).
 French: Le mécréant de Soana (René Guignard, 1933).

Die Spitzhacke (1931).
 (The pickaxe).
 Subtitle: Ein phantastisches Erlebnis (A fantastic experience). Written in the summer of 1930 in Ahrenshoop. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1931.
 German: 1931 (1st–10th edition); — 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

Die Hochzeit auf Buchenhorst (1931).
 (The wedding at Buchenhorst).
 Written in January 1927 in Rapallo. Published in the magazine Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte in 1931. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1932.
 German: 1932 (1st–6th edition); — 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 French: Le mariage à Buchenhorst (V. Kubié, 1934, in La Revue de France).

Das Meerwunder (1934).
 (The sea wonder).
 Subtitle: Eine unwahrscheinliche Geschichte (An improbable story). Begun in January–April 1933 in Rapallo; continued in January 1934; completed in the spring of 1934 in Rapallo. Published in the magazine Die neue Rundschau of August 1934. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).
 French: La chatte de mer (René Lasne, 1952, in L’Atlantide).

Der Schuss im Park (1939).
 (The shot in the park).
 Begun from 4 to 28 December 1938; completed in January 1939 in Rapallo. Published in the magazine Die Dame in 1939. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1941.
 German: 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

Das Märchen (1941).
 (The fairy tale).
 Written from 15 to 24 October 1941 in Agnetendorf. Published in the magazine Die neue Rundschau of October 1941.
 German: 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

Mignon (1947).
 Begun on 14 August 1938 in Kloster on Hiddensee; completed in its third and final version in August 1944 in Agnetendorf. Published in book form in Berlin by Suhrkamp in 1947.
 German: 1959 (Erzählungen); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

 

THEATRE

Vor Sonnenaufgang (1889).
 (Before sunrise).
 Social drama in five acts. Written in 1889. First performed in Berlin at the Lessing-Theater on 20 October 1889. Published in Berlin by C. F. Conrad in the same year.
 German: 1889 (Conrad, 1st edition); — 1889 (Conrad, 2nd edition); — 1899 (Fischer, 8th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Before dawn (Leonard Bloomfield, 1909, in Poet Lore); — Before dawn (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1912, ed. 1923, in Dramatic works, vol. 1); — Before daybreak (Peter Bauland, 1978; see also 1978).

Das Friedensfest (1890).
 (The feast of peace).
 Subtitle: Eine Familienkatastrophe (A family catastrophe). Domestic drama in three acts. Written towards the end of 1889 in Charlottenburg. Serialised in the first three issues of the magazine Freie Bühne für modernes Leben on 29 January, 12 February and 19 February 1890. First performed in Berlin at the Ostend-Theater on 1 June 1890. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 29 January, 12 February and 19 February 1890 (Freie Bühne); — 1890 (1st edition); — 1892; — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: The coming of peace (Janet Achurch and Charles Edwin Wheeler, 1900); — The reconciliation (Roy Temple House, 1910, in Poet Lore; see also 1914, in Dramatic works, vol. 3).

Einsame Menschen (1891).
 (Lonely people).
 Domestic drama in five acts. Written from 17 August to 23 November 1890 in Charlottenburg. First performed in Berlin at the Residenz-Theater on 11 January 1891. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1891 (1st edition); — 1894 (3rd edition); — 1896 (6th edition); — 1897 (7th edition); — 1899 (12th edition); — 1900 (14th edition); — 1910 (24th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — 1914 (28th–30th edition); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Lonely lives (Mary Morison, 1898; see also 1914, in Dramatic works, vol. 3).
 French: Âmes solitaires (Alexandre Cohen, 1894; performed in 1893); — Âmes solitaires (Jörn Cambreleng, 2007).

Kollege Crampton (1892).
 (Colleague Crampton).
 Original spelling: College Crampton. Comedy in five acts. Written in late 1891. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 16 January 1892. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1892 (1st edition); — 1894 (2nd edition); — 1896 (3rd edition); — 1896 (4th edition); — 1899 (5th edition); — 1899 (6th edition); — 1904 (7th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Colleague Crampton (Roy Temple House, 1914, in Dramatic works, vol. 3).

Die Weber (1892).
 (The weavers).
 Subtitle: Schauspiel aus den vierziger Jahren (A play from the Forties). Social drama in five acts. Written in 1891–1892 in Silesian German dialect under the title De Waber, then translated into standard German. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1892, in both dialect and standard German. Performed privately in Berlin at the Neues Theater on 26 February 1893. First performed publicly in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 25 September 1894.
 German: 1892 (1st dialect edition); — 1892 (1st standard German edition); — 1892 (2nd edition); — 1893 (3rd edition); — 1893 (4th edition); — 1894 (6th edition); — 1895 (8th edition); — 1895 (12th edition); — 1895 (13th edition); — 1897 (18th edition); — 1898 (19th edition); — 1899 (21st edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1; dialect and standard German).
 English: The weavers (Mary Morison, 1899; see also 1923, in Dramatic works, vol. 1); — The weavers (Horst Frenz and Miles Waggoner, 1951; see also 1971, in Nobel Prize Library); — The weavers (Theodore Lustig, 1961); — The weavers (Carl Richard Mueller, 1965); — The weavers (Frank Marcus, 1980, ed. 2003; adaptation).
 French: Les tisserands (Jean Thorel, 1893).

Der Biberpelz (1893).
 (The beaver coat).
 Subtitle: Eine Diebskomödie (A comedy about thieves). Social drama in four acts. Written in 1892–1893. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 21 September 1893. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1893 (1st edition); — 1893 (2nd edition); — 1893 (3rd edition); — 1893 (4th edition); — 1900 (8th edition); — 1902 (9th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: The beaver coat (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1912, ed. 1923, in Dramatic works, vol. 1); — The beaver coat (Horst Frenz and Miles Waggoner, 1951); — The beaver coat (Theodore Lustig, 1961).
 French: La peau de castor (Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, 2002).

Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1893).
 (The assumption of Hannele).
 Subtitle: Traumdichtung (Dream poem). Drama in two acts, each ending in verse. Written in 1893. Proofs printed in the same year under the title Hannele Matterns Himmelfahrt. First performed in Berlin at the Königliches Schauspielhaus on 14 November 1893 as Hannele. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1894 as Hannele, with illustrations by Julius Exter. Revised edition published in 1897 as Hanneles Himmelfahrt.
 German: 1893 (proofs); — 1894 (1st edition); — 1897 (revised edition); — 1897 (5th edition); — 1897 (6th edition); — 1899 (8th edition); — 1900 (10th edition); — 1905 (14th edition); — 1909 (17th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — 1922 (49th–50th edition); — 1960 (93rd–103rd edition); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Hannele (William Archer, 1894, in The New Review; see also 1894, in book form); — Hannele (Charles Henry Meltzer, 1908; performed in 1894; see also 1920, in Dramatic works, vol. 4); — The assumption of Hannele (George Sands Bryan, 1909, in Poet Lore); — Hannele (Horst Frenz and Miles Waggoner, 1951); — Hannele (Theodore Lustig, 1961).
 French: L’assomption de Hannele Mattern (Jean Thorel, 1894, in La Revue hebdomadaire; see also 1894, in book form).

Florian Geyer (1896).
 Subtitle: Die Tragödie des Bauernkrieges (The tragedy of the Peasants’ War). Historical drama in a prologue and five acts. Written in 1894–1895. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 4 January 1896. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1896 (1st edition); — 1896 (2nd edition); — 1896 (3rd edition); — 1899 (5th edition); — 1905 (7th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 5); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Florian Geyer (Bayard Quincy Morgan, 1929, in Dramatic works, vol. 9).

Die versunkene Glocke (1896).
 (The sunken bell).
 Subtitle: Ein deutsches Märchendrama (A German fairy drama). Drama in five acts, in blank verse. Written in 1896. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 2 December 1896. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1897.
 German: 1897 (1st edition); — 1897 (4th edition); — 1897 (19th edition); — 1897 (24th edition); — 1897 (31st edition); — 1897 (34th edition); — 1898 (39th edition); — 1899 (44th edition); — 1899 (New York); — 1900 (47th edition); — 1900 (49th edition); — 1900 (with notes in English; revised in 1900); — 1902 (54th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: The sunken bell (Charles Henry Meltzer, 1898, in Poet Lore; see also 1899, 1908, with incidental music, and 1920, in Dramatic works, vol. 4).
 French: La cloche engloutie (André-Ferdinand Herold, 1897).

Fuhrmann Henschel (1898).
 (Carter Henschel).
 Social drama in five acts. Written in 1897–1898 in Silesian German dialect. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 5 November 1898. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1899.
 German: 1899 (1st edition; dialect); — 1899 (4th edition; standard); — 1899 (6th edition; standard); — 1899 (8th edition; standard); — 1899 (9th edition; dialect); — 1899 (13th edition; dialect); — 1899 (15th edition; dialect); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1; dialect and standard German).
 English: Drayman Henschel (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1913, in Dramatic works, vol. 2); — Drayman Henschel (Theodore Lustig, 1961).
 French: Le voiturier Henschel, acts I–II and III–V (Jean Thorel, 1901, in La Revue hebdomadaire; performed in 1900; published in book form in 1901).

Helios (1898).
 Fragment of a drama. Written at the beginning of 1896. Published in the newspaper Neue Freie Presse of 25 December 1898. Published as a booklet in Berlin by Holten in 1899. First performed in Munich at the Kammertheater on 24 November 1912.
 German: 25 December 1898 (Neue Freie Presse, pages 16–17); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 6); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 8).
 English: Helios (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1917, in Dramatic works, vol. 7).

Schluck und Jau (1900).
 (Schluck and Jau).
 Comedy in a prologue and six actions, in verse and prose. Written in 1899. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 3 February 1900. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1900 (5th edition); — 1900 (6th edition); — 1900 (8th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 6); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Schluck and Jau (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1915, in Dramatic works, vol. 5).

Michael Kramer (1900).
 Domestic drama in four acts. Written in 1900. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 21 December 1900. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1901 (9th edition); — 1901 (10th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Michael Kramer (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1914, in Dramatic works, vol. 3).
 French: Michael Kramer (Sébastien Voirol, 1913).

Der rote Hahn (1901).
 (The red rooster).
 Subtitle: Tragikomödie (Tragicomedy). Social drama in four acts. Written in 1900–1901. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 27 November 1901. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year. The title is a traditional German idiomatic expression and euphemism for a destructive fire or arson.
 German: 1901 (6th edition); — 1901 (8th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 1); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: The conflagration (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1912, ed. 1923, in Dramatic works, vol. 1).

Der arme Heinrich (1902).
 (Poor Heinrich).
 Subtitle: Eine deutsche Sage (A German legend). Drama in five acts, in blank verse. Written in 1897–1902, after Hartmann von Aue’s narrative poem of the same title. First performed in Vienna at the Burgtheater on 29 November 1902. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1902 (1st edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — 1936 (with notes in English); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: Henry of Auë (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1914, ed. 1920, in Dramatic works, vol. 4).

Rose Bernd (1903).
 Social drama. Written in 1903. First performed in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater on 30 October 1903. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1908 (16th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: Rose Bernd (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1913, in Dramatic works, vol. 2); — Rose Bernd (Theodore Lustig, 1961); — Rose Bernd (Dennis Kelly, 2005).
 French: Pauvre fille (Jean Thorel, 1905).

Das Hirtenlied (1904).
 (The shepherd’s song).
 Unfinished drama. Published in the magazine Die neue Rundschau of January 1904. Performed privately in Vienna at the Theater an der Wien on 25 December 1906 by students of the Konservatorium. First performed publicly in Weimar at the Nationaltheater on 27 March 1920. Published in book form in Berlin by Holten in 1921, with illustrations by Ludwig von Hofmann.
 German: January 1904 (Die neue Rundschau); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 6); — 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 8).
 English: Pastoral (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1917, in Dramatic works, vol. 7).

Elga (1905).
 Drama written between 31 January and 3 February 1896, after Franz Grillparzer’s novella Das Kloster bei Sendomir (1828). Published in the magazine Die neue Rundschau of January 1905. First performed in Berlin at the Lessing-Theater on 4 March 1905. Published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: January 1905 (Die neue Rundschau); — 1905 (1st edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 6); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2); — 1966 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 1).
 English: Elga (Marie Harned, 1906, in Poet Lore); — Elga (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1917, in Dramatic works, vol. 7).

Und Pippa tanzt! (1906).
 (And Pippa dances!)
 Subtitle: Ein Glashüttenmärchen (A glassworks fairy tale). Drama in four acts, partly in verse. Written in 1905. First performed in Berlin at the Lessing-Theater on 19 January 1906. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1906 (2nd edition); — 1906 (10th edition); — 1910 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 6); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: And Pippa dances (Marie Harned, 1907, in Poet Lore); — And Pippa dances (Sarah Tracy Barrows, 1915, in Dramatic works, vol. 5).

Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg (1907).
 (The maidens of Bischofsberg).
 Comedy in five acts. Written in 1904–1906. First performed in Berlin at the Lessing-Theater on 2 February 1907. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1907 (4th edition); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: The maidens of the Mount (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1915, in Dramatic works, vol. 6).

Kaiser Karls Geisel (1908).
 (Charlemagne’s hostage).
 Subtitle: Ein Legendenspiel (A play on a legend). Drama in four acts, in verse. Written in 1906–1907. First performed in Berlin at the Lessing-Theater on 11 January 1908. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: 1908 (2nd edition); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: Charlemagne’s hostage (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1915, in Dramatic works, vol. 5).

Griselda (1909).
 Comedy in one act. Written in 1908. First performed in Berlin at the Lessing-Theater on 6 March 1909. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year. Additional final scene published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1911 in the almanach Das XXVte Jahr. Additional scene to insert after scene 9 published in the newspaper Berliner Tageblatt of 18 February 1917. Complete version published for the first time in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1942 in Das gesammelte Werk, vol. 5.
 German: 1909 (2nd edition); — 1909 (4th edition); — 1911 (Das XXVte Jahr, pages 188–198; final scene); — 18 February 1917 (Berliner Tageblatt, pages 9–10; scene 10); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: Griselda (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1915, in Dramatic works, vol. 6).

Die Ratten (1911).
 German: 1911 (6th edition); — 1911 (7th edition); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: The rats (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1913, in Dramatic works, vol. 2).
 French: Les rats (Pascal Paul-Harang, 1999; unpublished); — Les rats (Jeanne Pailler, 2010).

Gabriel Schillings Flucht (1912).
 Domestic drama.
 German: c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: Gabriel Schilling’s flight (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1915, in Dramatic works, vol. 6).
 French: La fuite de Gabriel Schilling, acts I–II and III–V (Betty Ségal, 1913–1914, in La Revue de Paris).

Festspiel in deutschen Reimen (1913).
 German: 1913 (32nd edition); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: Masque to commemorate the spirit of the Wars of Liberation (Bayard Quincy Morgan, 1917, in Dramatic works, vol. 7).

Der Bogen des Odysseus (1914).
 German: 1914 (1st edition); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: The bow of Odysseus (Ludwig Lewisohn, 1917, in Dramatic works, vol. 7).

Winterballade (1917).
 German: 1917 (1st–10th edition); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: A winter ballad (Willa and Edwin Muir, 1924, in Dramatic works, vol. 8).

Der weiße Heiland (1920).
 German: 1920 (1st–10th edition); — 1920 (11th–15th edition); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: The white saviour (Willa and Edwin Muir, 1924, in Dramatic works, vol. 8).

Indipohdi (1921).
 German: 1921 (1st–10th edition); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).
 English: Indipohdi (Willa and Edwin Muir, 1924, in Dramatic works, vol. 8).

Peter Brauer (1921).
 German: 1921 (1st–6th edition); — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).

Festaktus zur Eröffnung des Deutschen Museums in München (1925).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Veland (1925).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).
 English: Veland (Edwin Muir, 1929, in Dramatic works, vol. 9).

Dorothea Angermann (1926).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Hamlet (1927).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Die schwarze Maske (1929).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Hexenritt (1929).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Vor Sonnenuntergang (1932).
 German: 1956; — 1959; — 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3); — 1996.

Die goldene Harfe (1933).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Hamlet in Wittenberg (1935).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Ulrich von Lichtenstein (1939).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Die Tochter der Kathedrale (1939).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Magnus Garbe (1942).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 2).

Die Atriden (1941–1947).
1. Iphigenie in Aulis (1943).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).
2. Agamemnons Tod (1947).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).
3. Elektra (1947).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).
4. Iphigenie in Delphi (1941).
 German: 1965 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 3).

Die Finsternisse (1947).
 German: 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 8).

Herbert Engelmann (1952).
 German: 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 8).

Christiane Lawrenz (1963).
 German: 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 8).

 

POETRY

Promethidenlos (1885).
 German: 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Das bunte Buch (1888).
 German: 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Anna (1921).
 German: 1921 (1st–20th edition); — 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Die blaue Blume (1927).
 German: 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Till Eulenspiegel (1928).
 German: 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Mary (1926–1939).
 German: 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Ährenlese (1939).
 German: 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Der große Traum (1942).
 German: 1964 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 4).

Neue Gedichte (1946).
 German: 1946 (1st edition).

 

NON-FICTION

Griechischer Frühling (1908).
 (Greek spring).
 Travel memoir. Written in 1907. Incomplete version published in the magazine Die neue Rundschau in 1908 under the title Aus einer griechischen Reise. Complete version published in book form in Berlin by S. Fischer in the same year.
 German: January 1908 (Die neue Rundschau); — 1908 (1st–4th edition); — 1908 (5th edition); — 1909 (6th–7th edition); — c. 1919 (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 6); — 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 7).

Um Volk und Geist (1932).
 German: 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

Das Abenteuer meiner Jugend (1932–1937).
 (The adventure of my youth).
 Autobiography. Written in 1929–1935. Partial publication in magazines from 1932. Published in Berlin by S. Fischer in 1937.
 German: 1962 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 7).

Über Tintoretto (1938).
 German: 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

Sonnen (1942).
 German: 1963 (Sämtliche Werke, vol. 6).

 

Created on 18 August 2026. Uptdated on 31 August 2026.