Die deutschen Kleinstädter

by August von Kotzebue

Kotzebues Lustspiel "Die deutschen Kleinstädter" zählt zu den erfolgreichsten und langlebigsten Stücke des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Sabine ist die Tochter des Bürgermeisters von Krähwinkel – und als solche soll sie natürlich standesgemäß heiraten. Aber mit dem Möchtegernpoeten Sperling will sie nun gar nichts zu schaffen haben, liebt sie doch ihren Olmers über alles. Der aber hat nur Chancen, wenn er sich als jemand ausgibt, der er nicht ist: zum Beispiel als König selbst. Da schlagen die provinziellen Wellen im Bürgermeisterhaus hoch – und die Verwechslungskomödie nimmt ihren Lauf.

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1802

About the author

August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue, a German dramatist and writer, also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany.

In 1817, people burned a book of Kotzebue during the Wartburg festival. Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften, murdered him. This murder gave Klemens von Metternich the pretext to issue the Carlsbad decrees of 1819, which dissolved the Burschenschaften, cracked down on the liberal press, and seriously restricted academic freedom in the states of the German confederation.

Reviews

[Kaly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unterhaltsam und witzig

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

We have to read this book for German literature class and I have to be honest, I didn't really like it. The previous ones (Danton's Death, Emilia Galotti etc.) were a lot more teaching and entertaining and I simply couldn't find something interesting in this one. It surely was kind of funny at some parts but unfortunately, I expected a little more than that. All in all, it was okay but I wouldn't really recommend it to my friends.

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aeastă carte a fost foarte amuzantă şi mi-a plăcut ritmul interacţiunilor dintre personaje, dar aş fi vrut să aflu mai multe despre deţinuta scăpată din custodia poliţiei cu ajutorul unui roman cu piraţi. Dar merită văzută această piesa dacă aveţi ocazia sau puteţi să o ascultaţi aici.