Ein Sommernachtstraum - Mid-Summer Night's Dream

Von William Shakespeare

Shakespeare-Komödie, ins Deutsche übersetzt. Laut Wikipedia: "Ein Sommernachtstraum ist ein Stück, das von William Shakespeare geschrieben wurde. Es soll zwischen 1590 und 1596 geschrieben worden sein. Es zeigt die Ereignisse um die Hochzeit des Herzogs von Athen, Theseus und der Königin von die Amazonen, Hippolyta.Sie schließen die Abenteuer von vier jungen athenischen Liebhabern und einer Gruppe von 6 Laiendarstellern ein, die von den Feen, die den Wald bewohnen, in dem das meiste Stück spielt, manipuliert werden.Das Stück ist eines von Shakespeares beliebtesten Werken für die Bühne und wird auf der ganzen Welt weit verbreitet. "

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Seltzer Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1. März 2018
• ISBN: 9781455345052

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

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EIN SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM VON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ÜBERSETZT VON AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL

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Other Shakespeare plays in German translation:

Wie Es Euch Gefaellt (Schlegel)

Die Irrunngen (Wieland)

Maas fuer Maas (Wieland)

Der Kaufman von Venedig (Schlegel)

Ein Sommernachtstraum (Schlegel)

Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum (Wieland)

Johann (Wieland)

Richard II (Wieland)

Heinrich IV erste theil (Wieland)

Heinrich IV zweyte theil (Wieland)

Der Sturm (Wieland)

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Personen:

Erster Aufzug

Erste Szene, Ein Saal im Palaste des Theseus

Zweite Szene,  Eine Stube in einer Hütte

Zweiter Aufzug

Erste Szene,  Ein Wald bei Athen

Zweite Szene,  Ein anderer Teil des Waldes

Dritter Aufzug

Erste Szene, Der Wald.  Die Elfenkönigin liegt noch schlafend

Zweite Szene,  Ein anderer Teil des Waldes

Vierter Aufzug

Erste Szene,  Der Wald

Zweite Szene,  Athen, Eine Stube in Squenzens Hause

Fünfter Aufzug

Erste Szene,  Ein Zimmer im Palast des Theseus

Personen:

Theseus, (Herzog von Athen)

Egeus, (Vater der Hermia)

Lysander und Demetrius, (Liebhaber der Hermia)

Philostrat, (Aufseher der Lustbarkeiten am Hofe des Theseus)

Squenz, (der Zimmermann)

Schnock, (der Schreiner)

Zettel, (der Weber)

Flaut, (der Bälgenflicker)

Schnauz, (der Kesselflicker)

Schlucker, (der Schneider)

Hippolyta, (Königin der Amazonen, mit Theseus verlobt)

Hermia, (Tochter des Egeus, in Lysander verliebt)

Helena, (in Demetrius verliebt)

Oberon(, König der Elfen)

Titania, (Königin der Elfen)

Droll, (ein Elf)

Bohnenblüte, Spinnweb, Motte und Senfsamen, (Elfen)

Pyramus, Thisbe, Wand, Mondschein und Löwe, (Rollen in dem Zwischenspiel, das von den Rüpeln vorgestellt wird)

(Andre Elfen, im Gefolge des Königs und der Königin)

(Gefolge des Theseus und der Hippolyta)

Szene: Athen und ein nahegelegener Wald

Erster Aufzug

Erste Szene, Ein Saal im Palaste des Theseus

(Theseus, Hippolyta, Philostrat und Gefolge treten auf)

Theseus.

Nun rückt, Hippolyta, die Hochzeitsstunde

Mit Eil heran; vier frohe Tage bringen

Den neuen Mond; doch, o wie langsam nimmt

Der alte ab!  Er hält mein Sehnen hin,

Gleich einer Witwe, deren dürres Alter

Von ihres Stiefsohns Renten lange zehrt.

Hippolyta.

Vier Tage tauchen sich ja schnell in Nächte,

Vier Nächte träumen schnell die Zeit hinweg:

Dann soll der Mond, gleich einem Silberbogen,

Am Himmel neu gespannt, die Nacht beschaun

Von unserm Fest.

Theseus.

Geh, Philostrat, berufe

Die junge Welt Athens zu Lustbarkeiten!

Erweck den raschen, leichten Geist der Lust,

Den Gram verweise hin zu Leichenzügen:

Der bleiche Gast geziemt nicht unserm Pomp.

(Philostrat ab.)

Hippolyta!  ich habe mit dem Schwert

Um dich gebuhlt, durch angetanes Leid

Dein Herz gewonnen; doch ich stimme nun

Aus einem andern Ton, mit Pomp, Triumph,

Bankett und Spielen die Vermählung an.

(Egeus, Hermia, Lysander und Demetrius treten auf.)

Egeus.

Dem großen Theseus, unserm Herzog, Heil!

Theseus.

Mein guter Egeus, Dank!  Was bringst du Neues?

Egeus.

Verdrusses voll erschein ich und verklage

Mein Kind hier, meine Tochter Hermia.--

Tritt her, Demetrius.--Erlauchter Herr,

Dem da verhieß mein Wort zum Weibe sie.

Tritt her, Lysander.--Und, mein gnädger Fürst,

Der da betörte meines Kindes Herz.

Ja!  Du, Lysander, du hast Liebespfänder

Mit ihr getauscht: du stecktest Reim ihr zu;

Du sangst im Mondlicht unter ihrem Fenster

Mit falscher Stimme Lieder falscher Liebe;

Du stahlst den Abdruck ihrer Phantasie

Mit Flechten deines Haares, buntem Tand,

Mit Ringen, Sträußen, Näschereien (Boten

Von viel Gewicht bei unbefangner Jugend);

Entwandest meiner Tochter Herz mit List

Verkehrtest ihren kindlichen Gehorsam

In eigensinngen Trotz.--Und nun, mein Fürst,

Verspricht sie hier vor Eurer Hoheit nicht

Sich dem Demetrius zur Eh, so fordr ich

Das alte Bürgervorrecht von Athen,

Mit ihr, wie sie mein eigen ist, zu schalten.

Dann übergeb ich diesem Manne sie,

Wo nicht, dem Tode, welchen unverzüglich

In diesem Falle das Gesetz verhängt.

Theseus.

Was sagt Ihr, Hermia?  Laßt Euch raten, Kind.

Der Vater sollte wie ein Gott Euch sein,

Der Euren Reiz gebildet; ja, wie einer,

Dem Ihr nur seid wie ein Gepräg, in Wachs

Von seiner Hand gedrückt, wie's ihm gefällt,

Es stehnzulassen oder auszulöschen.

Demetrius ist ja ein wackrer Mann.

Hermia.

Lysander auch.

Theseus.

An sich betrachtet wohl;

So aber, da des Vaters Stimm ihm fehlt,

Müßt Ihr für wackrer doch den andern achten.

Hermia.

O säh mein Vater nur mit meinen Augen!

Theseus.

Eur Auge muß nach seinem Urteil sehn.

Hermia.

Ich bitt Euch, gnädger Fürst, mir zu verzeihn.

Ich weiß nicht, welche Macht mir Kühnheit gibt,

Noch wie es meiner Sittsamkeit geziemt,

In solcher Gegenwart das Wort zu führen;

Doch dürft ich mich zu fragen unterstehn:

Was ist das Härtste, das mich treffen kann,

Verweigr ich dem Demetrius die Hand?

Theseus.

Den Tod zu sterben oder immerdar

Den Umgang aller Männer abzuschwören.

Drum fraget Eure Wünsche, schönes Kind,

Bedenkt die Jugend, prüfet Euer Blut,

Ob Ihr die Nonnentracht ertragen könnt,

Wenn Ihr der Wahl des Vaters widerstrebt,

Im dumpfen Kloster ewig eingesperrt

Als unfruchtbare Schwester zu verharren,

Den keuschen Mond mit matten Hymnen feiernd.

O dreimal selig, die, des Bluts Beherrscher,

So jungfräuliche Pilgerschaft bestehn!

Doch die gepflückte Ros ist irdischer beglückt,

Als die am unberührten

Rezensionen für Ein Sommernachtstraum - Mid-Summer Night's Dream

[deckla_1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Perfect comedy.

[jfoster_sf · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Great romantic comedy.

[haruka3h · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Some decades ago we couldn't marry fleely.Sometimes we forced to marry who didn't want to marry.I think it is very sad.This book has many characters.So it's story is little complicated.But I felt happy to be all the people became happy at the end of the story.

[brianinbuffalo · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

As hard as I've tried, I could never quite get into this one. I've read it once and seen it performed twice. Both productions were classy. Still, I found the play tedious.

[aliceanna-1 · Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen]

Far too contrived for my reading enjoyment. I'm certain that it is charming when performed on stage, but the premise wore thin upon reading. I really had no feel for the characters and cared little for their fate.

[bexaplex · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

A Midsummer Night's Deam is the story of four couples. Theseus and Hippolyta are about to get married, after Theseus captures the Queen of the Amazons (and presumably some sort of courtship, since she seems to be amenable to getting married). Hermia wants to marry Lysander, despite her father's objections. Helena wants to marry Demetrius, if only he weren't in love with Hermia. And Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, are having a tiff about household help. After an evening wandering around the woods, with a little enchantment, humor and chaos, they get it all sorted out.The only happy ending I dislike is Oberon and Titania. Oberon gets his way by making his wife ridiculous, about which she doesn't seem the slightest bit upset. I doubt Queen Elizabeth would have put up with that kind of treatment.

[norabelle414 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

It's no Twelfth Night (my favorite comedy), but it's still one of Shakespeare's better plays. I especially laughed at the 4 lovers' tendencies to follow each other around like puppydogs. I was interested to notice a difference in the speech between the mechanicals and everyone else (fairies, noblemen/women). In their everyday speech, the mechanicals did not use pentameter, while everyone else did.

[grytajme · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I was a stagehand for this. Incredibly fun.

[glenline · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

A hilarious masterpiece. A great romp in the woods. Having the characters stage a play seems unique to me.

[amaraduende · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

*gasp* Can I put Shakespeare in my fantasy shelf? :)

This is just such a delicious treat to read. Do yourself a favor and read it outloud - at least parts of it. It's just so fun.

[dfitzgerald_50 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

I know as an educator and librarian, it is assumed by most that I am a lover of Shakespeare. However, I must come clean. I am not. I actually truly dislike reading the 16th century language and I have trouble getting past that to try and enjoy the story. That being said however, I chose to read this because the majority of English teachers at my school teach this classic and I wanted to be able to have conversations with the students about it. I will say, A Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite Shakespeare play so far and I feel like I accomplished something by reading it.

[jennaelf · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Nothing is funnier than the reversal of social degrees, is it?

C'mon, the mighty Titania falls in love with a working class sod who has the head of an ass! AND his name is Bottom!

Shakespeare, you cheeky bastard.

[librarylou · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

One of my favourite Shakespeare plays, very witty and funny.

[rbeene-1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

It's Shakespeare. Wonderful story but I prefer his tragedies.

[elmyra_1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Was promted to re-read this by reading Neil Gaiman's eponymous Sandman short story. Learned:That my English has gotten a hell of a lot better in the last 11 years. This was the first Shakespeare play I tried to read, and I read it by myself at the time, so I didn't really get it.That I still don't really get the "brilliance" of this particular Sandman story.That I should probably read more Shakespeare.That some of the notes to this edition are utterly useless, and that Reclam can't quite decide what level of audience they're aiming their notes and translations at.

[aarondesk · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

A comedy by Shakespeare on love and marriage. The way he mixes English culture with ancient mythology is brilliant.

[writercity · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

One of my favorite Shakespeare tales that give me a new laugh every time. I've re-read it and love the characters of Helena and Hermia more every time.

[laphenix · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Fast and fun. I liked the characters and comedy alike.

[leslie398 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

While I liked the overall plot, I found this to be one of the plays in which Shakespeare's language is hard for me. I have seen some of the film versions (most notably the 1935 movie with Olivia de Havilland & Jimmy Cagney and the BBC Production with Helen Mirren as Titania) & seeing the action does help (especially in the 'humorous' parts!).One thing that I noticed in reading this was how unpleasant I found Oberon to be.

[cathywoolbright · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Every read of this classic reveals another tongue in cheek pun. This humorous comedy of errors deals with love, romance, fairies in an enchanted forest, a traveling actors' troupe that passes itself as professional, but offers comic relief, mistaken identity, and of course parents at the crux who will not let true love have its way. Just a simple, straightforward Shakespearean tale. Enjoy!

[dmtcer-1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I was on a Shkespeare kick!

[paradox98_1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

One of my favorite comedies. Significant to me because I've actually been in a love rhombus, as it were; therefore, I can relate some of the characters.

[soulflower1981 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

While I am not a huge Shakespeare fan I did find this particular play to be pretty darn good. I enjoyed the fact that there was this mix of fantasy with ideas that we can all relate to with unrequited love. It was fascinating to see how Shakespeare made fun of his own play "Romeo and Juliet" within the story as well. There is such a great woven story here that anyone that enjoys reading plays should read this. This was another book that I had to read for my Theatre course.

[jljaina · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Lyrical and mesmerizing! I got a dramatized audio copy of this book. It really brings this story to life!

A very different love story for the ages. Couplings, love triangles, love quads, and love chases. It is all here. Thank you fantasy forest for all this wonderful chaos. Some parts a whimsical, others near tragic, some comedy. You never know what the next scene will hold.

When just listening to this, it can take a bit to follow the story at first. I had no idea who anyone was and names are not mentioned enough to quickly catch on. The only indication to the setting is the sounds you here. It really is just like listening to a play. They even have a full cast for the audio so each character is voiced by someone new. While it makes it far more enjoyable it just made things take a little longer.

I finally got to learn where several famous quotes and expressions came from. Hearing certain lines brought a smile to my face. Now I just need to read the print version of this book so I can be sure I didn't miss anything. I now have a mental soundtrack to go with it.

[mrsdanaalbasha · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I have read this book twice and I really like it, it even might be my favorite among Shakespear books, for some reason the song "Strange And Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)" Lyrics by Aqualung always reminds me of this book:

I've been watching your world from afar
I've been trying to be where you are
And I've been secretly falling apart... Unseen
To me, you're strange and you're beautiful
You'd be so perfect with me
But you just can't see
You turn every head but you don't see me

I'll put a spell on you
You'll fall asleep
When I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realize that you love me

Sometimes the last thing you want comes in first
Sometimes the first thing you want never comes
But I know that waiting is all you can do
Sometimes

I'll put a spell on you
You'll fall asleep
When I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realise that you love me

I'll put a spell on you
You'll fall asleep
Cause I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realize that you love me

[kerrilea-1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

A great story of romance with enough trickery to make it fantastical. He loves her but she loves him, and nothing is ever clear when you're in the middle of it all!

This is an easy-to-read for anyone who is new to Shakespeare, play formats, or both. I highly recommend this for a fun look into romance and the drama that naturally ensues. It seems that we all have our own Fae dictating the rules of our hearts, sometimes.

[unclebob53703 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Beautiful copy of Shakespeare's play, with the text written out by hand and Arthur Rackham's gorgeous illustrations and decorations. Gave away my copy of this to my niece one Christmas, and recently found this replacement. I'm not sure it's the same size.

[meditationesmartini · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

"The course of true love never did run smooth"; but oh my friends and neighbours, when was love ever "true"? This is the jolly cynic's Romeo and Juliet, with English country faire elements displaced to Theseus's Athens (itself a place that hardly did exist) and the mythological, metaphysical backdrop, the ridiculous-but-still-great-and-terrible Olympians, disinvited from the party in favour of the fairies, magnificent and dreadful but still ridiculous (it sounds like the same thing as the gods but it's actually the opposite): Oberon, equal parts virile intensity and cat-chasing-his-tail; Titania, majestic and intoxicating and yet you also just want to pat her on the head; Puck, with all the mystique of a trickster spirit and all the bathos of a cigar-smoking baby. Lord, what fools these immortals be!They elevate the humans as the humans drag them into the mundane, to the benefit of the action in both cases. Just a quartet of pretty young goofballs bouncing through the sacred groves on a wave of hormonal exuberance, as the rules get mixed up and upside-downed and love-potion-number-nined till it's all reduced to the lowest common denominator. Bucolic rumpus--pratfalls and sex. They seem too quick and alive for the law to catch up with them, and indeed Theseus and Hippolyta do present a fairly mellow or enlightened face on disciplining authority, as the king reassures us that EVEN IF things fall over the precipice and go all two-households-both-alike-in-dignity on us, Hermia can choose forcible cloisterment over death--but is this really such a comfort? We see Demetrius and Lysander play fistfights for laughs and never think about how close either of them is to braining himself on a rock, the other being strung up. Skulking around somewhere in the background is always the deeply unfunny Egeus, the patriarch with filicide in his fist.The estimable Bottom and his bunch of goony players (special shout out to Wall--I see you, Wall!) bring it all home by staging the tragic romance of Pyramus and Thisbe farcically for a bunch of complacent chuckleheads who don't know that they're in a play themselves, and that comedy and tragedy are a mere knife-edge apart. And ever if we manage to keep it light and nobody falls on a dagger, love fades and everyone you know will one day still certainly die. The comic dignity of the man with the donkey's head sums up the message quite nicely: The play's an ass, and it is a matter of life and death that we keep it that way. Laugh at that! No, I mean it!

[bryndahlquis · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

This will always be my favorite Shakespeare play. I love all the fairies, Puck especially, and I'll never get over the four lovers' quarrels when half of them are under spells. Plus, how can anyone not enjoy Pyramus and Thisby?

[osunale · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I consider this my first Shakespeare: this is the play that made me fall in love with the master. It's a supremely delightful work that never wears thin with time. It's that immortal "O lord, what fools these mortals be" that does me in every time. Humorous and splendidly human despite the fairies dancing across the words.