DRAMA THAT WAS NOT PLAYED IN HUNGARY. DRAMATIC WORKS OF PRESSBURG SCHOLAR AND WRITER TOBIAS GOTTFRIED SCHRÖER (1791 – 1850)

• Authors: Kopčáková Slávka , Zubal Pavol
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study deals with the dramatic works of a writer, professor of the Evangelical Lyceum of the Augsburg Confession in Pressburg, Tobias Gottfried Schröer. As a citizen of German descent striving to avoid the harsh censorship of the time, between 1820 and 1849, he published his works under various pseudonyms. Under his real name, he published only textbooks and three compendia intended for the Lyceum students. In Germany (Leipzig, Hamburg, etc.), he was quite a well-known writer; his short stories, poems and plays were published in various almanacs and collections. His drama work is almost unknown, and the number of his plays (existing as primary sources, including those that are only referred to), we estimate at fifteen so far. They were written approximately between the years 1806 and 1846, which testifies to their author’s lifelong interest in theatre and story dramatizations. A historical drama Leben und Thaten Emerich Tokoly’s und seiner Streitgenossen [The Life and Deeds of Emerich Tököly and His Comrades-in-arms by A. Z.] (1839), published in Leipzig under the pseudonym of A. Z., and a comedy Der Bär [The Bear] (1830) can be considered the most important.

Keywords

EN

THEATRE; HISTORICAL DRAMA; CENSORSHIP; SCHRÖER TOBIAS GOTTFRIED

• Publisher: Institute of Theatre and Arts, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenské divadlo (Slovak Theatre)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 322 – 336

Contributors

author

Kopčáková Slávka

• Prešovská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút estetiky a umeleckej kultúry, 17. novembra 1, 08001 Prešov, Slovak Republic

author

Zubal Pavol

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/sd-2021-00023