The Prince of Homburg

Heinrich von Kleist author Neil Bartlett editor David Bryer editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Sep '02

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Regarded as Von Kleist's masterpiece.

"Tell me, please - is this a dream?' The night before he leads his troops into battle, the prince of Homburg strips off his uniform and goes sleepwalking. Moonstruck, his mind races with a young man's fantasies - love, ambition and victory. But when the morning comes, a single reckless act of disobediance sets in motion a chain of events that leads inexorable to the one thing he never dreamt would happen; his own death. Heinrich von Kleist is one of the most enigmatic figures in theatre history. Driven to suicide at the age of 34, he left behind him seven extraordinary plays. Unperformed during his own lifetime, The Prince of Homburg is now regarded as von Kleist's masterpiece and is one of the most mysterious and beautiful plays of the nineteenth century. Neil Bartlett's production opened at the RSC Stratford in January 2002, and transferred to the Lyric Theatre."

"Bartlett tackles tricky classics with intelligence and bravura"" Independent on Sunday ""The play is beautifully structured yet resolutely abstract"" The Observer "

ISBN: 9781840022674

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106 pages