Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj

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Sebastian Wild's stage adaptation of the Sieben weise Meister, titled Ein schoͤne Tragedj auß dem bůch der siben weysen Maister gezogen, was produced in the mid-sixteenth century. Wild's Tragedj is in verse, and is an adaptation of one of the German prose redactions of the Historia tradition; Gerdes posits that Wild's source was one of the Redaction G 'vulgate' texts (Gerdes 1992). A version of Wild's text, along with other popular Volksbuch narratives, was printed in Augsburg in 1566.

Told across twelve acts, the Tragedj follows the Version H narrative pattern relatively closely - perhaps too closely to be really successful as a dramatic work, Gerdes observes wryly (1992). The performance also includes some of the moralisations so popular in the prose Sieben wiese Meister texts, in the form of dramatic monologues offering spiritual interpretation at the end of the play. Apparently Wild's plays were composed for school performances; according to Brandl (1914), six (school) performances of a play titled Die Weisen Meister, presumably a version of Wild's Tragedj, were recorded in 1609.

General Information
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Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Versfassung / Verse Version
Child Versions
Author	Sebastian Wild
Title	Ein schoͤne Tragedj auß dem bůch der siben weysen Maister gezogen
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	German (High and Low German)
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition	Augsburg, Germany
Date of composition	1566
Source for date of composition	Gerdes (1992)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1992), Kunkel (2023), Brandl (1914)
Modern Editions

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H (Historia Septem Sapientum) Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců Danish Version H Dutch Version H English Version H English Prints (H) French Version H German Version H German Prints (H) Prosafassung / Prose Version Redaction A Redaction B Redaction C Redaction D Redaction E Redaction F Redaction G Versfassung / Verse Version Anonymous Verse Version Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben Hungarian Version H Icelandic Version H Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga Group A: Sjö meistara saga Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga Group C: Rímur Group D: Vinaspegill Latin Version H Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum Continental Group w Continental Group x Insular Group u Group I Group II Group III Group IV Lost Latin Version H Manuscripts Polish Version H Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Swedish Prints (H)

Connected prints
Print Language Location Date of Print Ein schoͤne Tragedj auß dem bůch der siben weysen Maister gezogen. Augsburg: Mattheus Francke, 1566 German (High and Low German) 1566 JL

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	Redaction G
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Gerdes (1992)

Languages in Use
Language of text	German (High and Low German)
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