Queen Tamara (play)

Queen Tamara[1] (Norwegian: Dronning Tamara) is a three-act play by Knut Hamsun about Tamar of Georgia.[2] It was published in 1903.[2]

Characters

  • Tamara, Queen of Georgia
  • Prince Giorgi, her husband
  • Giorgi and Rusdan, their children
  • The prior
  • The abbot
  • Fatimat, the queen's servant
  • The khan of Tovin
  • Zaidata
  • Juanata
  • Sofiat
  • Mecedu
  • Prince Giorgi's adjutant
  • Two Tatar officers
  • Two Georgian prisoners
  • A hetman
  • The queen's officers and soldiers, Tovin officers and soldiers, monks, scribes, musicians, dancers, girls, servants

Reception

Hamsun's play was poorly received. Reviews characterized it as uninteresting or even a failure, and Hamsun is considered to have known too little about the subject matter to convincingly develop the plot.[3]

References

  1. ^ Žagar, Monika (2011). Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 137.
  2. ^ a b Oxfeldt, Elizabeth (2005). Nordic Orientalism: Paris and the Cosmopolitan Imagination, 1800–1900. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen. p. 220.
  3. ^ Žagar, Monika (1998). "Knut Hamsun's Taming of the Shrew? A Reading of 'Dronning Tamara'". Scandinavian Studies. 70 (3): 354–355.


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