Puss in Boots (play)

Puss in Boots
Title page of the first edition
Original title	Der gestiefelte Kater
Written by	Ludwig Tieck
Date premiered	20 April 1844
Place premiered	Berlin
Original language	German
Genre	comedy

Puss in Boots (German : Der gestiefelte Kater) is a comedy play by the German writer Ludwig Tieck, written in verse and published in 1797. It is based on the fairy tale Puss in Boots and follows the poor farmer Gottlieb and his clever, talking cat as they set out to win a kingdom for themselves. The play has three acts and satirises human nature and the theatre audience of the day, containing interruptions from the audience, the author and technicians during its prologue and epilogue. ^[1]

The play was first performed in Berlin on 20 April 1844. The original performance was very poorly received. The play was reevaluated and received a much more positive reception after it was staged by Jürgen Fehling  [ de ] in Berlin in 1924. ^[2]

References

1. Jelavich, Peter (1984) [1972]. "Tieck, Johann Ludwig". In Hochman, Stanley (ed.). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. Vol. 5 (2 ed.). McGraw-Hill. p. 25. ISBN   0-07-079169-4.
2. Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance. Springer. 2018. p. 90. ISBN   9783319898513.

Further reading

• Paulin, Roger (1987). Ludwig Tieck. Sammlung Metzler (in German). Vol. 185. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler. pp. 34–38, 40, 75f., 114. ISBN   978-3-476-10185-3.

External links

• Works related to Translation:Puss in Boots at Wikisource
• Media related to Der gestiefelte Kater (1797, Tieck) at Wikimedia Commons