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April 2, 2023
Läuffer chega para ser o tutor de , Gustchen e Leopold. Embora Gustchen tenha jurado lealdade eterna a seu namorado Fritz, na ausência dele, ela começa um caso com o professor Läuffer e fica grávida dele. Quando o escândalo vem à tona, Läuffer foge para uma aldeia e Gustchen acha abrigo junto a uma velha cega em uma pobre cabana na floresta. Quando Läuffer vê seu filho um dia, ele se emascula, se castra...
Quando a trágica comédia foi publicada anonimamente em 1774, foi recebida com entusiasmo pelos contemporâneos e alguns até pensaram que era uma obra de Goethe. Lenz juntou material para a história baseando se em um incidente em uma mansão da Livônia quando ele era um professor particular em Königsberg. Esse drama trágico foi adaptado por Brecht 150 anos depois e foi um sucesso. Um escritor desconhecido por ser contemporâneo de Goethe, mas de igual talento. Ótimo livro.
Quando a trágica comédia foi publicada anonimamente em 1774, foi recebida com entusiasmo pelos contemporâneos e alguns até pensaram que era uma obra de Goethe. Lenz juntou material para a história baseando se em um incidente em uma mansão da Livônia quando ele era um professor particular em Königsberg. Esse drama trágico foi adaptado por Brecht 150 anos depois e foi um sucesso. Um escritor desconhecido por ser contemporâneo de Goethe, mas de igual talento. Ótimo livro.
December 14, 2012
Oh my! Social commentary, “midsummer madness,” and moral fortitude all combined.
Both Lenz’ The Tutor and The Soldiers stand as exceptional works in that the forms keep spiraling outward, only to return to a cadenced epilogue at the very ends. So strange to a 20th-21st century outlook that the reading of these plays almost seem laughable.
Yet, line-by-line, the reader will see there is cause . . . and reason.
Hence, in rehearsal and in performance, the would-be director needs a fine sensibility since the “turns” occur quite sharply—especially when parts of these plays (d) evolve into fairy tale scenarios.
And, the actors will have to do all they possibly can to keep their performances grounded. The emotions and situations shift quite abruptly. Without this focus, both these wonderful expressions can devolve into melodramatic bores.
Similarly, when reading these scripts, the reader hopefully envisions the stage and the possibilities for a director and actors alike to “ground” the piece.
A very different experience from most 18th and 19th century work in terms of form; and yet, some of the same conventions and conventional ideas are here.
I hope I am lucky enough to see one or both of these plays produced in my lifetime.
Both Lenz’ The Tutor and The Soldiers stand as exceptional works in that the forms keep spiraling outward, only to return to a cadenced epilogue at the very ends. So strange to a 20th-21st century outlook that the reading of these plays almost seem laughable.
Yet, line-by-line, the reader will see there is cause . . . and reason.
Hence, in rehearsal and in performance, the would-be director needs a fine sensibility since the “turns” occur quite sharply—especially when parts of these plays (d) evolve into fairy tale scenarios.
And, the actors will have to do all they possibly can to keep their performances grounded. The emotions and situations shift quite abruptly. Without this focus, both these wonderful expressions can devolve into melodramatic bores.
Similarly, when reading these scripts, the reader hopefully envisions the stage and the possibilities for a director and actors alike to “ground” the piece.
A very different experience from most 18th and 19th century work in terms of form; and yet, some of the same conventions and conventional ideas are here.
I hope I am lucky enough to see one or both of these plays produced in my lifetime.
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