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Minna von Barnhelm

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from 1767

About

Lessing's 1767 comedy is the finest German play of the eighteenth century and the founding work of the modern German theatrical tradition: a Prussian officer, discharged in disgrace after the Seven Years War, refuses to marry his beloved Minna von Barnhelm because he considers his current poverty and dishonor beneath her. Minna's campaign to cut through his pride without wounding it further generates a comedy of love and honor that is simultaneously very funny and genuinely moving. The play's sympathetic portrait of Prussian military culture was unprecedented and remained influential; its central female character is one of German drama's most intelligent and appealing heroines.

Translated from the original German.

ComedyEnlightenmentWittyRomanticBittersweetMovingen

Minna von Barnhelm

Characters
13
Words
23.5k
Acts
5
Duration
~2 hr 57 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines
1
MAJ. T
—
267
2
MIN
—
257
3
FRANZISKA
—
199
4
JUST
—
127
5
WER.
—
122
6
LAND.
—
108
7
RIC
—
37
8
LADY
—
12

56 sections

23.5k words
#TitleWords
Act I
1
Act I. Scene I.
810:36
2
Act I. Scene II.
8336:15
3
Act I. Scene III.
4213:09
4
Act I. Scene IV.
3372:32
5
Act I. Scene V.
970:44
6
Act I. Scene VI.
6444:50
7
Act I. Scene VII.
380:17
8
Act I. Scene VIII.
6845:08
9
Act I. Scene IX.
2081:34
10
Act I. Scene X.
1300:59
11
Act I. Scene XI.
710:32
12
Act I. Scene XII.
7555:40
Act II
13
Act II. Scene I.
7445:35
14
Act II. Scene II.
1.6k11:43
15
Act II. Scene III.
1971:29
16
Act II. Scene IV.
470:21
17
Act II. Scene V.
850:38
18
Act II. Scene VI.
3462:36
19
Act II. Scene VII.
2321:44
20
Act II. Scene VIII.
1741:18
21
Act II. Scene IX.
7355:31
Act III
22
Act III. Scene I.
760:34
23
Act III. Scene II
9026:46
24
Act III. Scene III.
5384:02
25
Act III. Scene IV.
5814:21
26
Act III. Scene V.
5033:46
27
Act III. Scene VI.
1991:30
28
Act III. Scene VII.
1.4k10:49
29
Act III. Scene VIII.
260:12
30
Act III. Scene IX.
1180:53
31
Act III. Scene X.
6995:15
32
Act III. Scene XI.
1491:07
33
Act III. Scene XII.
2061:33
Act IV
34
Act IV. Scene I.
2221:40
35
Act IV. Scene II.
1.4k10:52
36
Act IV. Scene III.
4523:23
37
Act IV. Scene IV.
1991:30
38
Act IV. Scene V.
1851:23
39
Act IV. Scene VI.
2.4k18:00
40
Act IV. Scene VII.
2141:36
41
Act IV. Scene VIII.
380:17
Act V
42
Act V. Scene I.
4313:14
43
Act V. Scene II.
610:27
44
Act V. Scene III.
3132:21
45
Act V. Scene IV.
980:44
46
Act V. Scene V.
8026:01
47
Act V. Scene VI.
1160:52
48
Act V. Scene VII.
720:32
49
Act V. Scene VIII.
620:28
50
Act V. Scene IX.
1.3k9:27
51
Act V. Scene X.
1911:26
52
Act V. Scene XI.
2171:38
53
Act V. Scene XII.
3882:55
54
Act V. Scene XIII.
2121:35
55
Act V. Scene XIV.
1431:04
56
Act V. Scene XV.
1501:08

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