The big renunciation
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| Title: | The big renunciation |
| Genus: | tragedy |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Reinhold Schneider |
| Publishing year: | 1950 |
| Premiere: | July 18, 1958 |
| Place of premiere: | Bregenz Festival |
| Place and time of the action: | Italy , Germany and France towards the end of the 13th century . |
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The big renunciation is the title of a drama by Reinhold Schneider .
The poet published the first version of it in 1950 and submitted it to the International Dramatists' Competition of the Bregenz Festival in 1957 . It won first prize out of 478 entries. The premiere took place on July 18, 1958 by the Burgtheater Vienna at the opening of the festival. Director was Professor Josef Gielen ; it worked with Ewald Balser as Celestine V , Ernst Deutsch as Boniface VIII and Hermann Thimig as the hermit Ambrosius.
The drama is about the resignation of Pope Cölestin V in 1294. In order not to be tempted by secular rulers to place earthly power above Christian faith, he renounces his office.
expenditure
- Reinhold Schneider: The big sacrifice. Stories. Drama (Collected Works, Vol. 3, edited by Edwin Maria Landau ), Insel Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 1978.
Remarks
- ↑ See also: Reinhold Schneider: Winter in Wien . Herder-Verlag, Freiburg 1958.