Index:The Works of J. W. von Goethe, Volume 11.djvu
DRAMAS OF GOETHE
Like Torquato Tasso, Iphigenia was originally written in prose, and in that form was acted at the Weimar Court Theatre about 1779. Goethe himself took the part of Orestes.
This drama was written first in prose: during Goethe's residence at Rome in 1786-88 he began to versify it, and completed it on his journey home.
This drama was written in 1771; but it was not published until 1773, during which interval it underwent considerable alterations. It was the first work which Goethe submitted to the public; and it at once excited great attention, both on account of the originality of the subject, and of the vigorous and unconventional manner in which it was worked out.
The Fellow Culprits A Comedy in Verse and in Three Acts This clever comedy, like the preceding piece, was written during Goethe's residence at Leipsic; but it was touched up and improved at intervals, during subsequent years, until it was printed in his collected works. That its author considered it of some importance, is shown by the fact that it was one of the plays acted by the amateur company at the court of Weimar. |