Arthur Schnitzler 1862–1931
Weihnachtseinkäufe
Melancholy comedy in one act · 1893
DE Recorded in German
~14 min
2 characters, 178 lines
~44 MB
On Christmas Eve, in the snowy streets of Vienna, Anatol catches up with Gabriele, the society lady who once turned him down. He still has to find a present for his “sweet girl” from the suburbs, and Gabriele, half mocking and half jealous, helps him choose.
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Characters
Anatol ein junger Wiener Lebemann
Gabriele eine verheiratete Dame der guten Gesellschaft
The author
Viennese physician and playwright; Anatol (1893) is a cycle of seven one-act episodes from the life of a young Viennese man about town.
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Abridged for rehearsal; the scenes kept are the original’s. Public-domain text. Source: Zeno.org .