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Sturm und Drang (play)

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293:...aber wie kan ein Stük bei einem solchen Plane erträglich genant werden? Ein Lord Berkeley hat durch einen gewissen Bushy seinen Sohn verlohren. Wo aber, wie, wann und warum? das erfährt kein Mensch. Der Sohn kömt als Schifkapitän wieder, und wird von seinem Vater erkant. Wie er aber gerettet, wie er Schifkapitän geworden ist; wie er nun dahin kömt wo er seinen Vater antrift, ohne zu wissen, daß dieser da sei; das erfährt man wieder nicht. Ein junger Mensch, der sich Wild nent, der aber der Sohn jenes Bushy ist, kömt mit zwenen Freunden Wie aber und warum er dahin kömt; wie und wo er vorhero Berkleys Tochter, in der er und sie in ihn verliebt ist; gesehn hat, und dabei gar nicht weis daß ihr Vater und sie hier sind; das wird im ganzen Stücke nicht gesagt. 207:
aversion. The pair met and duelled once in Holland; now Boyet demands revenge for the wound he then received. In Wild's presence, Boyet triumphantly reports to his father that he has abandoned the old Lord Bushy in a small boat on the high seas, dooming Bushy to almost certain death. Wild angrily challenges Captain Boyet to a duel. Shortly thereafter, Lady Kathrin reveals to the Berkleys Wild's true identity, which she has learned from La Feu.
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father's location, without knowing that he is there; this one also does not learn. A young man, who calls himself Wild, but who is the son of that Bushy, comes with two friends How and why he came there; how and where he knew Berkley's daughter, with whom he is in love; and yet without knowing that her father and she are there; that is not said in the whole piece."
195:(presumably on the side of the colonists). The trio stop at an inn; staying there also are the party of the aged Lord Berkley, his sister Lady Kathrin, his daughter Jenny Caroline, and their servant Louise. Berkley, ten years earlier, lost his estate through the actions of his enemies; he suspects that the mastermind is his former friend, Lord Bushy. 206:
Now the sea-captain Boyet arrives at the inn. Lord Berkley recognizes Captain Boyet as his long-lost son Harry, who has been missing since the raid on the Berkley estate ten years ago. Meanwhile, Boyet (alias Harry Berkley) has a history with Wild (alias Karl Bushy), for whom he feels a spontaneous
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In Act 5, Wild and Boyet (that is, Karl and Harry) fight. Boyet is wounded in the calf and reluctantly recognizes Wild's bravery. Then, Wild receives word from the captain's slave-boy that, with the help of the ship's lieutenant, he had secretly brought old Bushy back on board Boyet's ship and not
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Wild and his friends meet the ladies of the Berkley party. La Feu falls in love with Lady Kathrin at first sight; Blasius, on the other hand, is bored with Louise. For her part, Caroline instantly recognizes Wild as her childhood sweetheart, Karl Bushy, the son and heir of her father's arch-enemy!
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But how can a play be called tolerable with such a plot? One Lord Berkeley has, through one Bushy, lost his son. But where, how, when and why? nobody knows. The son returns as a sea-captain and is recognized by his father. How he was saved, how he comes to be a sea-captain; how he comes to his
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The old and the young Berkley hesitantly accept the offer of reconciliation, so deeply sits the hatred of long years. Nevertheless, the two reconcile and the feud is settled. Wild and Caroline can now devote themselves completely to their love. La Feu and Lady Kathrin also pair off to choose a
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abandoned him at sea at all. In fact, the "dead" man suddenly appears, forgives his adversaries, and insists that he did not participate in the conspiracy against Berkley! Bushy does not reveal the real mastermind, as that man died long ago.
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As Act 3 opens, Blasius and La Feu talk about Wild and the ladies. La Feu is still very enthusiastic about Lady Kathrin, which Blasius cannot understand because of her age. Blasius, sleepy and uninterested as usual, goes to bed.
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The adventurous Wild has kidnapped his friends La Feu and Blasius against their will to America. There, Wild wants to participate in the
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Vgl.: Karthaus, Ulrich: Sturm und Drang. Epoche-Werke-Wirkung. München: C.H.Beck Verlag, 2. aktualisierte Auflage. 2007, S. 109.
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Vgl.: Karthaus, Ulrich: Sturm und Drang. Epoche-Werke-Wirkung. München: C.H.Beck Verlag, 2. aktualisierte Auflage. 2007, S. 108.
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Karthaus, Ulrich: Sturm und Drang. Epoche-Werke-Wirkung. München: C.H.Beck Verlag, 2. aktualisierte Auflage. 2007, S. 107.
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The happy couple conceal Wild's true identity from Lord Berkley, who promises to procure a job in the army for Wild.
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Karthaus, Ulrich: Sturm und Drang. Epoch-Werke effect. Munich: C.H.Beck Verlag, 2nd updated edition. 2007, p. 108.
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The names of impetuous Wild, romantic La Feu ("the fire"), and indifferent Blasius (whose name evokes the word "
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existence herding sheep. Blasius, whose grumpiness permanently deterred Louise, goes off to become a hermit.
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More important than this evidence of enthusiasm for Shakespeare and other authors, however, is the title
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on 1 April 1777. Neither the world premiere nor the subsequent performance in Klinger's hometown of
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Sturm und Drang. Gerstenberg, Lenz, Klinger, Leisewitz, Wagner, Maler Müller.
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München: C.H.Beck Verlag, 2. aktualisierte Auflage. 2007, S. 106-113.
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Captain Boyet (alias Harry Berkley, Lord Berkley's long-lost son)
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In the autumn of 1776 Klinger wrote a comedy titled simply
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Hannover: Friedrich Verlag Velber 1. Aufl. 1966 S. 93-97.
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from the Ackermannschen Theatertruppe for his tragedy
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play
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
Sturm und Drang
Abel Seyler
Louis d'or
Die Zwillinge (de)
Goethe
Weimar
Christoph Kaufmann (de)
Abel Seyler
famed theatrical company
Leipzig
Frankfurt
Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Richard II
All's Well That Ends Well
an artistic movement
American Revolutionary War
Arcadian
blasé
American Revolutionary War
Sturm und Drang
Categories
German plays
Sturm und Drang
Seyler theatrical company

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