The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie: Three PlaysSchnitzler, Arthur
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The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie: Three Plays
Schnitzler, Arthur
German drama -- Translations into English
THE VAST COUNTRY: Lessingtheater, Berlin, Oct. 14, 1912.
PROFESSOR BERNHARDI: Kleines Theater, Berlin, Nov. 28, 1912.
THE VEIL OF PIERRETTE: Hofopernhaus, Dresden, Jan. 22, 1910.
Single scenes from "Anatol" were given at Ischl in the Summer of 1893,
and at a matinee arranged by the journalistic society "Concordia" at
one of the Vienna theaters in 1909. A Czechic translation of the whole
series was staged at Smichow, Bohemia, sometime during the nineties.
Three of the dialogues in "Change Partners!" were performed by members
of the _Akademisch-dramatischer Verein_ at Munich in 1904.
The official records of the Burgtheater at Vienna show that, up to the
end of 1912, the eight Schnitzler plays forming part of its repertory
had been performed the following number of times: "Paracelsus," 12;
"Amours," 42; "The Legacy," 11; "The Life Partner," 14; "The Green
Cockatoo," 8; "Intermezzo," 22; "Young Medardus," 43; "The Vast
Country," 30.
The list of dates given above has been drawn chiefly from "Das moderne
Drama," by Robert F. Arnold (Strassburg, 1912); "Das Burgtheater:
statistische Rueckblick," by Otto Rub (Vienna, 1913), and the current
files of _Buehne und Welt_ (Berlin). For dates of Schnitzler
performances in America and England, see the Henderson bibliography
previously mentioned.
THE LONELY WAY
(Der Einsame Weg)
A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS
1903
PERSONS
PROFESSOR WEGRAT } President of the Academy
} of Plastic Arts
GABRIELLE } His wife
FELIX }
} Their children
JOHANNA }
JULIAN FICHTNER
STEPHAN VON SALA
IRENE HERMS
DR. FRANZ REUMANN } A physician
FICHTNER'S VALET
SALA'S VALET
A MAID AT THE WEGRATS'
THE LONELY WAY
THE FIRST ACT
_The little garden attached to Professor Wegrat's house. It is almost
surrounded by buildings, so that no outlook of any kind is to be had.
At the right in the garden stands the small two-storied house with its
woodwork veranda, to which lead three wooden steps. Entries are made
from the veranda as well as from either side of the house. Near the
middle of the stage is a green garden table with chairs to match, and
also a more comfortable armchair. A small iron bench is placed against
a tree at the left._
_Johanna is walking back and forth in the garden when Felix enters,
wearing the uniform of a uhlan._
JOHANNA (_turning about_)
Felix!
FELIX
Yes, it's me.
JOHANNA
How are you?--And how have you been able to get another furlough?
FELIX
Oh, it won't last long.--And how's mamma?
JOHANNA
Doing pretty well the last few days.
FELIX
Do you think she would be scared if I dropped in on her unexpectedly?
JOHANNA
No. But wait a little just the same. She's asleep now. I have just come
from her room.--How long are you going to stay, Felix?
FELIX
To-morrow night I'm off again.
JOHANNA (_staring into a fancied distance_)
Off....
FELIX
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