TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lesley Sharpe
PY  - 2021
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - A National Repertoire
T2  - Schiller, Iffland and the German Stage
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1102344
N2  - Friedrich Schiller had a difficult relationship with the theatre world and wrote plays that, though successful on stage, ran counter to contemporary trends. This study sets Schiller in the context of the theatre history of his period by examining the impact on his dramatic production of the circumstances of the two theatres with which he was closely involved, the Mannheim National Theatre and the Weimar Court Theatre, where Goethe was Director. Born in the same year as Schiller, August Wilhelm Iffland was the most prominent actor of his generation and a prolific playwright, whose early career at the Mannheim theatre made him Schiller’s rival. Yet later, as Director of the Berlin National Theatre, Iffland helped create a national repertoire with Schiller’s dramas as its cornerstone. By analysing the theatrical careers of Schiller and Iffland in parallel, this study explores the developing belief in theatre as a cultural institution. It also illuminates the relationship between Schiller and Goethe as theatre practitioners.
KW  - Schiller, Friedrich, Theater, Geschichte 1779-1814, Theatre history, Rival career, Goethe, Mannheim, Weimar Court
LA  - English
ER  -