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The Weavers (German: Die Weber, Silesian German: De Waber) is a play in five acts written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann in 1892. The play, probably Hauptmann's most important drama, sympathetically portrays a group of Silesian weavers who staged an uprising in 1844 due to their concerns about the Industrial Revolution. The play was translated into Yiddish by Pinchas Goldhar in the 1920s, after which it became a favorite of the Yiddish stage. In 1927 it was adapted into a German silent film The Weavers directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Paul Wegener. A Broadway version of…
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11 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2018The WeaversFranklin Classics Trade Press · 170 pages · 9780344009464
- Other · English · 2018WeaversCreative Media Partners, LLC · 9780342049257
- Other · English · 2018WeaversCreative Media Partners, LLC · 9780344009471
- Other · English · 1980The Weavers (Methuen's Theatre Classics)Methuen Publishing · 108 pages · 9780413476302
- Paperback · German · 2003Bange, Hollf. · 100 pages · 9783804416833
- Paperback · German · 1998C. Bange GmbH & Co KG · 96 pages · 9783804404052
German dramaGerman language booksCriticism and interpretationDeutschunterrichtWeber (Hauptmann, Gerhart)WeberTranslations into EnglishPlays