Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer | |
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Franz Hanfstängl | |
Born | 23 June 1800 |
Died | 25 August 1868 | (aged 68)
Occupation | Actress, writer |
Language | German |
Nationality | German |
Genre | Theatre |
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (23 June 1800 in Stuttgart – 25 August 1868 in Berlin)[1] was a German actress, writer, director of the Stadttheater in Zürich for six years, and author of over 100 plays and libretto.[2][3]
Biography
Charlotte Johanna Birch-Pfeiffer's father was a schoolmate of
Lasting influence
On 29 May 2012 Birch-Pfeiffer was honored as the first director of the Zürich theater, where an honorary board was placed for her. On 24 February 2013 at the Theater Stok in Zürich Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer the play was performed about Birch-Pfeiffer's life.[5]
Works
Publications
Charlotte Johanna Birch-Pfeiffer's publications as cited by An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.[3]
- Gesammelte Dramatische Werke, 23 Volumes (1863–1880), or the 74 plays collected in these volumes, only two have been translated to English. Twixt Axe & Crown [Elizabeth, Prinzessin von England] (1870) and Jane Eyre, or the Orphan of Lowood (1870)
- Gesammelte Novellen und Erzäwungen, 3 volumes (1863–1865)
- Charlotte von Birch-Pfeiffer und Heinrich Laube Im Briefwechsel (1917)
- Alexander von Weilen (1917)
Her plays
Dramatization of popular novels was her specialty, for which her intimate knowledge of the technical necessities of the stage fitted her. Her plays, adapted and original, fill 23 volumes (Gesammelte dramatische Werke; Leipzig, 1863–1880).[3] Many continued to retain the public favor. Her novels and tales were collected in three volumes (Gesammelte Novellen und Erzählungen; Leipzig, 1863–1865).[6] Among her plays are:
- Dorf und Stadt (after Berthold Auerbach)
- Die Frau in Weiss (after Wilkie Collins)
- Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (after Victor Hugo)
- Der Goldbauer
- Die Grille (after George Sand)
- Die Günstlinge
- Der Herr Studiosus
- Hinko
- Kind des Glücks
- Steffen Langer aus Glogau oder Der holländische Kamin
- Der Leiermann und sein Pflegekind
- Mutter und Sohn
- Nacht und Morgen (after Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
- Pfefferrösel
- Die Waise aus Lowood (after Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre)
Notes
- ^ "Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer's Grave". friedhofsfinder. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- JSTOR 3736839.
- ^ a b c d Wilson, Katharina M. (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc.
- ^ Anne Commire & Deborah Klezmer, ed. (2007). "Birch-Pfeiffer, Charlotte (1800–1868)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 1. Yorkin Publications: 201.
- ^ "THEATER PERFORMANCE "CHARLOTTE BIRCH-PFEIFFER"". fraumuenstergesellschaft. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Birch-Pfeiffer, Charlotte". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 959. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Works by or about Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer at Internet Archive
- A selection of works by Birch-Pfeiffer on the Sophie database