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Kaiser, Georg

Born Nov. 25, 1878, in Magdeburg; died June 4, 1945, in Ascona, Switzerland. German dramatist. Well-known representative of German expressionism.

Kaiser’s protest against the bourgeois world bore an abstract, individualistic character. In 1911 he published The Jewish Widow, a comedy on a Biblical theme, and in 1914, the historical drama The Burghers of Calais. World War I (1914–18) and the revolutionary events of 1918 in Germany sharply intensified Kaiser’s critical attitude toward the capitalist system, as can be seen in the dramas Gas (parts I and II, 1918–20; Russian translation, 1922) and The Coral (1918; Russian translation, 1923). Along with the amusing adventure comedy Cinema Romance (Kolportage; 1924; Russian translation, 1925) and such mystical, romantic dramas as Twice Oliver (1926) and Two Neckties (1930), Kaiser wrote the antimilitarist plays Leather Heads (1928) and Mississippi (1930). After the Nazis came to power, Kaiser’s plays were banned. In 1938 he emigrated to the Netherlands, and then he moved to Switzerland. In 1940, while he was in Switzerland, Kaiser wrote the dramas Klawitter and The English Wireless, which portrayed the horrors of Nazi terror, and the antimilitarist play The Soldier Tanaka. The comedy Napoleon in New Orleans (1941), which is about an adventurer pretending to be the French emperor, makes fun of Hitler. Kaiser’s late antimilitarist dramas are based on ancient Greek myths. In 1948 the trilogy Twice Amphitryon, Pygmalion, and Bellerophon was published. Kaiser was also the author of the novels Its Enough (1932) and Villa Aurea (1940; translated into English as Vera).

WORKS

In Russian translation:
Dramy. [With an introduction by A. V. Lunacharskii.] Moscow-Petro-
grad, 1923.

REFERENCES

Paulsen, W. G. Kaiser. Tübingen, 1960.
Kändler, K. Drama und Klassenkampf. Berlin-Weimar, 1970.

V. N. TOKMAKOV

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No references found	The remaining sections of this chapter provide a description of the themes, plots, and characters that recur in the work of Expressionist dramatists, including Ernst Toller, Georg Kaiser, Carl Sternheim, Frank Wedekind, Walter Hasenclever, and Fritz von Unruh. Francois Orsini. Pirandello e l'Europa by Bouchard, Norma / Italica The world premiere at the English National Opera of David Sawer's From Morning to Midnight, based on a play by the German expressionist Georg Kaiser, scored a great hit. United Kingdom: London. (INTERNATIONAL) by Forbes, Elizabeth / Opera Canada It will, for instance, come as a surprise to students of Expressionism that the play Citizens of Calais was written by Ernst Barlach, not Georg Kaiser. Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany by Brockmann, Stephen / Journal of Social History	Georg Brandes Georg Brauer Georg Buchner Georg Büchner Georg Busolt Georg Cantor Georg Chmshkian Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Georg Curtius Georg Ebers Georg Elias Muller Georg Elias Müller Georg Ernst Stahl Georg Forster Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann Georg Friedrich Grotefend Georg Friedrich Knapp Georg Friedrich Puchta Georg Friedrich Von Martens Georg Goian Georg Gottfried Gervinus Georg Herwegh Georg Iosifovich Goian Georg Jellinek Georg Joseph Vogler Georg Kaiser Georg Karlovich Ots Georg Kerschensteiner Georg Klaus Georg Klebs Georg Kolbe Georg Konstantinovich Brauer Georg Lasson Georg Ledebour Georg Ludwig Von Maurer Georg Lukacs Georg Lukács Georg Maurer Georg Ots Georg Ovsepovich Petrosian Georg Petrosian Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Prochaska Georg Raphael Donner Georg Rudolf Weckherlin Georg Schumann Georg Simmel Georg Simon Ohm Georg Stiernhielm Georg Tasch Georg Vega	Georg Friedrich List Georg Friedrich Napp Georg Friedrich Puchta Georg Friedrich Telemann Georg Friedrich Telemann Georg Friedrich von Martens Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel Georg Friedrich-Bernard Riemann Georg Frobenius Georg Gamow Georg Goian Georg Gottfried Gervinus Georg grosz Georg Grote Georg Grotefend Georg Handel Georg Hegel Georg Hegel Georg Hegel Georg Heinrich von Vollmar Georg Herwegh Georg Iosifovich Goian Georg Jellinek Georg Jensen Georg Joachim Rheticus Georg Johann Hamann Georg Joseph Vogler Georg Kaiser Georg Karl Hevesy Georg Karlovich Ots Georg Kerschensteiner Georg Kiesinger Georg Klapka Georg Klaus Georg Klebs Georg Knapp Georg Kolbe Georg Konstantinovich Brauer Georg Kreisler Internet Forum Georg Lasson Georg Ledebour Georg Leo Caprivi Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli Georg Leo Von, Count Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli Georg Leo, Graf von Caprivi Georg Lichtenberg Georg Ludwig Georg Ludwig Georg Ludwig von Maurer Georg Lukacs Georg Lukács Georg M. Brandes Georg Maurer

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The remaining sections of this chapter provide a description of the themes, plots, and characters that recur in the work of Expressionist dramatists, including Ernst Toller, Georg Kaiser, Carl Sternheim, Frank Wedekind, Walter Hasenclever, and Fritz von Unruh.

Francois Orsini. Pirandello e l'Europa by Bouchard, Norma / Italica

The world premiere at the English National Opera of David Sawer's From Morning to Midnight, based on a play by the German expressionist Georg Kaiser, scored a great hit.

United Kingdom: London. (INTERNATIONAL) by Forbes, Elizabeth / Opera Canada

It will, for instance, come as a surprise to students of Expressionism that the play Citizens of Calais was written by Ernst Barlach, not Georg Kaiser.

Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany by Brockmann, Stephen / Journal of Social History

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Curtius

Georg Ebers

Georg Elias Muller