Codrus (Cronegk)
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| Title: | Codrus |
| Genus: | Tragedy in five acts |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Johann Friedrich von Cronegk |
| Publishing year: | 1758 |
| Premiere: | April 15, 1760 |
| Place of premiere: | Basel |
| Place and time of the action: | "The setting is in Athens in the Palace of Codrus." |
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Codrus is a five-act tragedy in Alexandrians by Johann Friedrich von Cronegk . The author was awarded the prize for the best tragedy (among only three submissions, one of which was not rated), which had been awarded in 1757 by the editors of the Library of Fine Sciences and the Freyen Künste . The piece first appeared in 1758 as an appendix to the first and second volumes of this journal.
Table of contents
The piece is based on the Kodros fabric. According to an oracle, the attack of the Dorians on Athens will only be repulsed if their king falls, in the play the formulation (5th act, 9th appearance) reads:
- A king's blood is shed
- From the angry hand of his enemies:
- This is how the war is decided:
- This is how his fatherland wins.
Cronegk's adaptation is dominated by a fictitious love conflict. Codrus wants to marry Philaide, who, however, is madly in love with Medon, who was believed to be dead. When he turns up again, Codrus wants to forego the connection.
Deceived by his Doric enemy Artander during the peace negotiations, Codrus and his entourage are taken prisoner and are to be executed with the others. But since Medon gave his life to Artander once in a fight, the latter is released and is allowed to appoint another person. The patriotic Medon chooses Codrus, who, however, knows the oracle and seeks death before his release. As a result, the Dorians are driven out by an approaching army of Thebans.
Premiere
The earliest recorded performance of Codrus , carried out by the Ackermann troupe, took place on April 15, 1760 in Basel on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the university there.
expenditure
- Leipzig: Dyk 1758 in the Google book search
- Leipzig: Posch 1760 in the Google book search
- Berlin and Leipzig: Rüdiger 1766 in the Google book search
- Digital edition of the first edition as part of the German Drama Corpus (GerDraCor)
literature
- Harald Bock: Cronegk Johann Friedrich Imperial Baron of: Codrus. Tragedy in five acts. In: Heide Hollmer, Albert Meier (Hrsg.): Dramenlexikon des 18. Century . Munich: C. H. Beck 2001. pp. 47-48.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Herbert Eichhorn: Konrad Ernst Ackermann: Ein deutscher Theaterprinzipal. A contribution to the history of theater in the German-speaking area. Emsdetten: Lechte 1965, p. 54.