The fairy tale (Schnitzler)

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The fairy tale is a play in three acts by Arthur Schnitzler , which premiered on December 1, 1893 at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna. The text first appeared in 1894 by E. Pierson , the third version in 1902 by S. Fischer in Berlin.

The young talented actress Fanny Theren, a ' fallen ' woman, prevails against the prejudices of the dominant male society and goes her way.

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In several places in the text the “fairy tale of the fallen” is alluded to, which means that if an unmarried woman has already had a sexual relationship, she is never suitable for marriage. This is dismissed by the main character - at first - as a "fairy tale".

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The 30-year-old writer Fedor Denner loves Fanny. He learns that she is the mistress of his friend Dr. Friedrich Witte was. Nevertheless, Fedor expresses his opinion towards other men - for example towards Fanny's future brother-in-law, a civil servant: The contempt of a woman who has already loved is thoughtless and presumptuous. But his friends advise against marrying Fanny. So from now on Fedor avoids the Theren house. Fanny visits Fedor in his apartment and confesses her love to him. As Fedor from Dr. Witte is visited, he accuses the guest of poor morals. Dr. Witte, however, insists on his views on dealing with actresses, maids, et cetera. Fanny doesn't give up. She confesses to Fedor that she is wrong. Fanny does not want to be seen by Fedor as lost. Fedor gives in. At the end of the second act, the viewer hopes for a happy ending.

Unfortunately that does not happen. Fedor holds up to Fanny her time-barred love affair. Fanny holds on to her love for Fedor. She wants to go “to the end of the world” with her lover. But Fedor cannot forget what happened: “What was, is!” He articulates his conviction and asks: “At the end of the world, are you someone else?” He replies in the negative and increases into tirades of hate. Fanny leaves both Fedor and her family, to whom she is a block in any case. The actress follows a call to a Petersburg stage.

Adele Sandrock

The premiere of the play was a fiasco for Schnitzler and a stroke of luck for Adele Sandrock , the 30-year-old actress of Fanny Theren. One day after the premiere, Schnitzler and Sandrock entered into a relationship that lasted until February 1895.

Self-testimony

Schnitzler wrote in his diary in November 1890 that he had brought "psychological things from" his "relationship with Mz." Into Das Mährchen .

reception

  • Schnitzler, jealous at the time, processed his relationship with Marie Glümer .
  • Georg Brandes wrote to Schnitzler on May 26, 1894: "The female figures are all drawn very finely and correctly, and the plot of the play is well and logically executed." Encouraged, Schnitzler wrote to Otto Brahm, mentioning the praise .
  • Brahm replied in the early summer of the same year that the piece had "too much psychology and too little intuition, too much tendency and too little shape."
  • The fairy tale, initially dismissed as such, gradually gained power over Fedor.
  • Sprengel emphasizes the ambiguity in Fedor's character: this writer knows that he is doing something wrong, but cannot jump over his shadow.
  • Le Rider discusses the “ archaic role inequality of men and women”, in which “the happy relationship” turns out to be impossible.
  • Arnold gives a further leading work: Timothy Farley (Bonn 1984).

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literature

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  • Arthur Schnitzler: The fairy tale. Play in three acts p. 7 to 96 in Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Ed.): Arthur Schnitzler: The lonely way. Time pieces 1891 - 1908. With an afterword by Hermann Korte . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1961 (2001 edition). 525 pages, ISBN 3-10-073558-7
Secondary literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Free Press. December 1, 1893, accessed January 10, 2017 .
  2. ^ Source, p. 523, first entry
  3. ↑ Source, p. 94, 5. Zvo and Thomas Eicher: Märchen und Moderne
  4. ↑ and s. a. Source, p. 52 bottom and p. 80 middle
  5. ↑ Source, p. 93, 18. Zvo
  6. ↑ Source, p. 93, 6th Zvu
  7. ↑ Source, p. 93, 20. Zvo
  8. ↑ Farese, p. 62 middle
  9. ↑ A photo of the Sandrock from that time (from February 23, 1894) can be found in Farese, p. 63.
  10. ↑ Farese, p. 40, 18. Zvo
  11. ^ Photo in Farese, p. 41
  12. ^ Korte in the afterword of the source, p. 514 above
  13. ↑ Farese, p. 64, 6. Zvo
  14. ↑ Farese, p. 64, 17. Zvo
  15. ↑ Perlmann, p. 63, 11. Zvo
  16. ^ Sprengel, p. 472 middle
  17. ↑ Le Rider, p. 110 middle to p. 111 middle
  18. ^ Arnold (1998), p. 163, right column, chap. 3.5.20