The Golden Fleece (trilogy of plays)
| The Golden Fleece | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Das goldene Vließ |
| Original language | German |
| Written by | Franz Grillparzer |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 26–27 March 1821 |
| Place | Burgtheater, Vienna |
The Golden Fleece: A Dramatic Poem in Three Parts (German: Das goldene Vließ. Dramatisches Gedicht in drei Abteilungen) is a trilogy of tragedy plays by the Austrian writer Franz Grillparzer, consisting of The Guest-friend (German: Der Gastfreund), The Argonauts (German: Die Argonauten) and Medea. It is based on the Greek myths of Jason, the Argonauts and Medea. Grillparzer's major sources were the Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes and Medea by Euripides.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The three plays were first staged at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 26 and 27 March 1821. Medea was published in English translation in 1879 and the entire trilogy in 1942.[7]
Adaptations
[edit]- Aribert Reimann's 2010 opera, Medea, is an adaptation of the third play in Grillparzer's trilogy.[8]
- In 1897, a Yiddish New York theatre troupe staged Jacob Gordin's adaptation of the third play in Grillparzer's trilogy. Gordin updated Grillparzer's drama to the reign of Antiochus IV, and rewrote Medea as a Jewish woman.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Bub, Tillman (2004). "Barbarei und Zivilisation in Grillparzers Trilogie ›Das goldene Vließ‹". Sprachkunst (in German). 35 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1553/spk35s1.
- ↑ Stockum, Th. C. van (1963). "Grillparzers Medea-Trilogie "Das Goldene Vliess" (1818-1820) und ihre antiken Vorbilder". Neophilologus (in German). 47 (2): 17 September 2025.
- ↑ Hrdličková, Jana (2023). ""Klar muß es sein um Medea, klar!": Zu den Exotismen in Franz Grillparzers Das goldene Vließ". Journal of Austrian Studies (in German). 56 (1): 49–70. doi:10.1353/oas.2023.0002.
- ↑ Zanucchi, Mario (2017). "Alterität und Heroismus in Franz Grillparzers Trilogie Das Goldene Vließ und in Euripides' Medeia". Fremde Helden auf europäischen Bühnen (1600-1900) (in German). Würzburg: Ergon. pp. 233–249. doi:10.5771/9783956503016-233.
- ↑ Dunham, T. C. (1960). "Symbolism in Grillparzer's Das Goldene Vließ". Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 75 (1): 75–82. doi:10.2307/460429.
- ↑ Valeri, Fabiola (2022). "Vom Ehedrama zom 'Kampf der Kulturen': Grillparzers Trilogie Das goldene Vließ als Kritik an Essentialismus und Ethnozentrismus". Franz Grillparzer. Neue Lektüren und Perspektive (in German). Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. pp. 143–182. ISBN 9783772057267.
- ↑ "Franz Grillparzer 1791–1872". Encyclopedia of German Literature. Routledge. 2015. p. 374. ISBN 9781135941222.
- ↑ Clements, Andrew (2011-05-26). "Reimann: Medea – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ Foley, Helene P. (2014-06-26). Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-28387-9.
External links
[edit]- Projekt Gutenberg-DE
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