The lonely way
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| Title: | The lonely way |
| Genus: | Play in five acts |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Arthur Schnitzler |
| Publishing year: | 1904 |
| Premiere: | February 13, 1904 |
| Place of premiere: | Berlin |
| Place and time of the action: | Vienna, present [1904] |
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The lonely path is a play in five acts by Arthur Schnitzler . The first performance took place on February 13, 1904 in Berlin .
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The play takes place in Vienna around 1900 .
Years later, the painter Julian Fichtner meets Gabriele again. He had once seduced and abandoned her so as not to give up his freedom as an artist. She married the academy professor Wegrat and now has two grown children in Felix and Johanna. Nobody suspects that Felix is really Julian's son. Gabriele, who is terminally ill and knows that she doesn't have much longer to live, reveals the truth to the children. Julian hopes to be a father figure for Felix, but he admits to Wegrat, the false father and real people. Johanna, meanwhile, blocks herself against the future that her mother is preparing for her - she is not engaged to the young doctor Reumann, but loves Mr. von Sala, an old friend of the family, whom she has known from childhood. Sala, however, carries a deadly disease. Johanna commits suicide knowing that death is the only way to reunite with Sala. Sala prefers suicide to a slow, painful ending. For Wegrat and Fichtner, the lonely path into old age remains.
background
The lonely path was created between 1900 and 1903 and has been heavily revised several times. The piece was called bachelors and egoists in the early versions , later Schnitzler considered lonely ways and ways into the dark as the title .
After the Berlin premiere, Schnitzler noted: "Most reviews state a weak or a failure, but some are highly honorable."
expenditure
- Arthur Schnitzler: The lonely way. Drama in 5 acts. S. Fischer, Berlin 1904 (EA) ( archive.org )
Web links
- Full text online in the Gutenberg project