The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays

Hermann Bahr, the noted playwright and critic, tried one day to explain the spirit of certain Viennese architecture to a German friend, who persisted in saying: "Yes, yes, but a...

His self-irony reaches its climax in the one-act play which I have been forced to name "The Greatest Show of All" because the original title (_Zum grossen Wurstel_) becomes mean...

Quiet pools of green-brown waters, Smooth and framed in snow-white marble, Show between their mirrored statues Gold and silver fishes playing. Slender stems of oleander Cast the...

Neither. But the thought of having another man's misfortune to thank for my own advancement would be extremely painful to me. Half my life would be spoiled for me. That is neith...

It wasn't external success I had in mind. I could never get into the right mood any more, and I hoped that traveling would help me again, as it had done so often in earlier years.

[4] The palace of Mirabell is one of the sights of Salzburg, the city near the Bavarian border, where Felix's regiment was stationed. It is now used as a museum. The gardens adj...

Johanna, why do you never talk to me any more as you used to? Have you, then, nothing to tell me? Don't you remember how we used to tell each other everything?

Of course, I am not going to tell the truth always as I have done to you. I shall have to lie--and I think of it with pleasure. I shall not always be in good spirits, nor always...

I thought it rather possible that he might have a suspicion, or be able to give us some kind of direction. But he knows nothing at all. That was perfectly clear. And if he had k...

I doubt whether I can get a chance here. We'll have to wait until the season is over. I have too much to do. We are now putting on "Mignon" with new people in some of the parts....

Why later on?... (_He rises and stands leaning against the piano_) There can be no reasonable ground for changing our musical relationships. I think both of us would suffer equa...

Yes, analogies always have a very soothing effect. You will remark to a friend--or whoever may prove handy--something like this: "What do you want me to do anyhow? Suppose that...

That's what you imagine, Amadeus. If that were really the case, then I should feel the same in regard to you. But I can see no difference in you at all. And I can't imagine how...

Stop them ... because they didn't suit...? What has that to do with what I am talking of?--I am not the person who has found this situation unbearable and compromising.

CECILIA (_enters and notices that the handbag is gone; she goes quickly into Amadeus' room, but returns immediately; she crosses the room to the main entrance and remains standi...

Nothing, my girl, nothing. I wanted to get somewhere quick--and that infernal Joseph.... If you don't mind, Mizzie, I want to have a few words with Egon.... (_To the Prince_) Do...

Certainly. As well as an ancestral palace--at Ottakring.[7] The great-grandfather of Wasner was in the cab business in his days already.--My, but that's beautiful! The way those...