Die Weber

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Die Weber is a naturalistic drama by Gerhart Hauptmann that portrays the suffering and uprising of Silesian weavers in the 19th century.

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instanceOf drama
naturalistic drama
play
author Gerhart Hauptmann NERFINISHED
awardedAuthorPrize Nobel Prize in Literature for Gerhart Hauptmann NERFINISHED
basedOn Silesian weavers' uprising of 1844 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
dramaticForm five-act play
dramaticTechnique dialect use
ensemble drama
naturalistic dialogue
firstPerformanceDate 1892
firstPerformancePlace Berlin NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceTheatre Neues Theater, Berlin NERFINISHED
genre Naturalism
hasAdaptation radio play adaptations
stage productions in major German theatres
television adaptations
hasLanguageVariant Die Weber (German original)
influenced 20th-century political theatre
German social drama
literaryMovement Naturalism NERFINISHED
mainCharacterGroup Silesian handloom weavers
narrativePerspective collective protagonist
notableFor collective hero instead of individual protagonist
detailed depiction of working-class life
originalLanguage German
publicationDate 1892
settingCountry Prussia NERFINISHED
settingLocation Silesia NERFINISHED
settingRegion Silesian Mountains NERFINISHED
subject Silesian weavers NERFINISHED
class struggle
industrialization
poverty
social injustice
weavers' uprising
workers' rights
theme breakdown of traditional social order
collective action
conflict between capital and labor
dehumanizing effects of capitalism
exploitation of workers
misery and hunger
moral responsibility of the bourgeoisie
revolt against oppression
violence and protest
timePeriod 1844
19th century

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