# The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, Volume II Author: Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946; Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955 [Editor] Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9972 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Dramatic+Works+of+Gerhart+Hauptmann%2C+Volume+II+Hauptmann&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The first volume of the present edition of Hauptmann's Dramatic Works is identical in content with the corresponding volume of the German edition. In the second volume _The Rats_ has been substituted for two early prose tales which lie outside of the scope of our undertaking. Hence these two volumes include that entire group of dramas which Hauptmann himself specifically calls social. This term must not, of course, be pressed too rigidly. Only in _Before Dawn_ and in _The Weavers_ can the dramatic situation be said to arise wholly from social conditions rather than from the fate of the individual. It is true, however, that in the seven plays thus far presented all characters are viewed pr... ## Chapters - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dramatic-works-of-gerhart-hauptmann-volume-ii-9972/chapters/21/index.md)