Synopsis
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - VOLUME ONE - Before Dawn (Vor Sonnenaufgang) & The Weavers (Die Weber) & The Beaver Coat (Der Biberpelz) & The Conflagration (Der rote Hahn)
Published by Dodo Press
His first drama, Vor Sonnenaufgang inaugurated the naturalistic movement in modern German literature; it was followed by Das Friedensfest, Einsame Menschen and Die Weber, a powerful drama depicting the rising of the Silesian weavers in 1844
Of Hauptmann's subsequent work, mention may be made of the comedies Kollege Crampton, Der Biberpelz and Der rote Hahn, a "dream poem," Hannele, and an historical drama Florian Geyer
He also wrote two tragedies of Silesian peasant life, Fuhrmann Henschel and Rose Bernd, and the dramatic fairy-tales Die versunkene Glocke and Und Pippa tanzt
1911 was the zenith - he wrote Die Ratten, for which he received the Nobel Prize
This Volume contains Before Dawn (Vor Sonnenaufgang), The Weavers (Die Weber), The Beaver Coat (Der Biberpelz) and The Conflagration (Der rote Hahn)