The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, Vol. 5. Symbolic and Legendary Dramas 14+

🔖 Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) was a German dramatist and novelist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912, best known for his 1892 play, The Weavers (Die Weber) which sympathetically portrays a group of Silesian weavers who staged an uprising during the 1840s due to their concerns about the Industrial Revolution. This volume contains Schluck and Jau; And Pippa Dances (Un Pippa Tanzt!); and Charlemagne's Hostage (Kaiser Karls Geisel).