Old Heidelberg (German: Alt Heidelberg) is a German romantic play by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster first performed in 1901. While studying at the Heidelberg University, Prince Karl from Saxony falls in love with Käthie, an innkeeper's daughter, but has to give her up when his father dies, and he is called to return to his homeland and rule as King.
Käthie and the Prince.
The play was based on Meyer-Förster's own 1898 novel Karl Heinrich. The play's title alludes to a poem by Joseph Victor von Scheffel.[1] The work was a major international success and became one of the most performed plays in Germany during the first half of the 20th century.
In 1908, the play was the basis for a libretto by Alberto Colantuoni, titled Eidelberga Mia, with music by Ubaldo Pacchierotti; it was later translated into German by Ottoman Piltz in 1909 under the original German title.
Bibliographyedit
Zacharasiewicz, Waldemar. Images of Germany in American Literature. University of Iowa Press, 2007.
Everett, William A. & Block, Geoffrey Holden. Sigmund Romberg. Yale University Press, 2007.
External linksedit
English translation of the novel
Review of a 1910 New York revival of the play in The New York Times
German text of Meyer-Förster's play on Projekt Gutenberg-DE
Referencesedit
^"Joseph Victor von Scheffel:Alt Heidelberg". Gedichte.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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