Marie-Magdeleine (1909 Maeterlinck), play

Marie-Magdeleine (1909) is a play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Abstract

Inspired by Maria von Magdala (1899 Heyse), play, is a psychological drama of the conversion of a repentant soul.

Editions, performances

Originally written in French and published in France (Paris: 1909). Translated into German by Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronokowski (Jena: 1909), and into English by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (London and New York: 1910). The German version was first to premiere at the Neue Stadtth. in Leipzig, on 12 March 1910; followed by the English version at the New Theatre in New York on 5 December 1910 (with acclaimed British actress Olga Nethersole as Mary of Magdala). The French original was first performed in Nizza at the Casino on 18 March 1913 and in Paris at the Theatre du Chatelet on 28 May 1913, after the author was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize for Literature.