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Verschlagwortet: Wien

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August von Kotzebue – Der Spätheimkehrer, oder: Ubi bene, ibi patria?

What does “home” mean for a writer who moved with ease between Weimar, Vienna, St Petersburg and Berlin—celebrated on international stages yet increasingly mistrusted in his homeland? In this guest contribution, Frieder Sondermann (Sendai, Japan) explores August von Kotzebue’s letters to the Viennese theatre secretary Carl J. S. Escherich, uncovering a world of theatrical logistics, censorship politics, and finely tuned social manoeuvring.
Presented at “Kotzebue Picnic 2025: Homecoming,” the essay offers a vivid portrait of a restless author whose repeated returns only deepened the question: ubi bene, ibi patria? A rich glimpse into theatre culture around 1800—and into the emotional geography of a man navigating the shifting borders of his age.

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Verkleidung, Erinnerung und Versöhnung: Die virtuose Heimkehr in Kotzebues “Epigramm” (1798)

Blending the biblical parable of the prodigal son with echoes of Homer’s Odyssey, Kotzebue’s play “Das Epigramm” (1798) stages homecoming as disguise, recognition, and reconciliation. Discover how satire, sentiment, and autobiographical allusion converge in one of the playwright’s most inventive explorations of return.

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“Was nun den Posten eines Hof-Theatral-Secretairs betrifft …” Unbekannter Brief August von Kotzebues an Baron Peter von Braun in Wien (1797)

Im Sommer des Jahres 1797 eröffnete sich für August von Kotzebue die überraschende Möglichkeit, seine ländliche Zurückgezogenheit auf seinem Landgut Friedenthal in Estland mit einer verlockenden Position in einer der großen europäischen Metropolen zu vertauschen.