PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION I

BEFORE DAWN

ACTING CHARACTERS

THE FIRST ACT

THE SECOND ACT

THE THIRD ACT

THE FOURTH ACT

THE FIFTH ACT

THE WEAVERS

_I DEDICATE THIS DRAMA TO MY FATHER ROBERT HAUPTMANN.

COMPLETE LIST OF CHARACTERS

THE FIRST ACT (2)

THE SECOND ACT (2)

THE THIRD ACT (2)

THE FOURTH ACT (2)

FIFTH ACT

THE BEAVER COAT A THIEVES' COMEDY

LIST OF CHARACTERS

THE FIRST ACT (3)

THE SECOND ACT (3)

THE THIRD ACT (3)

THE FOURTH ACT (3)

THE CONFLAGRATION

PERSONS:

THE FIRST ACT (4)

THE SECOND ACT (4)

THE THIRD ACT (4)

THE FOURTH ACT (4)

Title: The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I

Author: Gerhart Hauptmann

Language: English

Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Thomas Berger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

THE DRAMATIC WORKS

OF

GERHART HAUPTMANN

(Authorized Edition)

Edited By LUDWIG LEWISOHN

Assistant Professor in The Ohio State University

VOLUME ONE: SOCIAL DRAMAS

1912