My Leopold (play)

	My Leopold (play) ''My Leopold'' (German:''Mein Leopold'') is an 1873 sentimental comedy play by the German writer Adolphe L'Arronge Adolphe L'Arronge (8 March 1838 – 25 May 1908) was a German playwright and theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such ....Kennedy p.335 It is his best known work and has been adapted into films on several occasions. References Bibliography * Dennis Kennedy. ''The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance''. OUP, 2010. 1873 plays German plays adapted into films Plays by Adolphe L'Arronge {{1870s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sentimentality Sentimentality originally indicated the reliance on feelings as a guide to truth, but in current usage the term commonly connotes a reliance on shallow, uncomplicated emotions at the expense of reason. Sentimentalism in philosophy is a view in meta-ethics according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions. Sentimentalism in literature refers to techniques a writer employs to induce a tender emotional response disproportionate to the situation at hand (and thus to substitute heightened and generally uncritical feeling for normal ethical and intellectual judgments). The term may also characterize the tendency of some readers to invest strong emotions in trite or conventional fictional situations. "A sentimentalist", Oscar Wilde wrote, "is one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it." In James Joyce's ''Ulysses'', Stephen Dedalus sends Buck Mulligan a telegram that reads "The sentimentalist is he who would enjoy without incu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Comedy Play Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy ending. In the Middle Ages, the term expanded to include narrative poems with happy endings and a lighter tone. In this sense Dante used the term in the title of his poem, the ''Divine Comedy'' (Italian: ''Divina Commedia''). The phenomena connected with laughter and that which provokes it have been carefully investigated by psychologists. The predominating characteristics are incongruity or contrast in the object, and shock or emotional seizure on the part of the subject. It has also been held that the feeling of superiority is an essential factor: thus Thomas Hobbes speaks of laughter as a "sudden glory." Modern investigators have paid much attention to the origin both of laughter and of smiling, as well as the development of the "play insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Adolphe L'Arronge Adolphe L'Arronge (8 March 1838 – 25 May 1908) was a German playwright and theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a .... His best known work is the 1873 comedy play '' My Leopold'' which has been adapted into numerous films.Dennis Kennedy (2010). ''The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance''. Oxford University Press. p. 335. Selected works * '' My Leopold'' (1873) * '' Hasemann's Daughters'' (1877) * '' The Lonei Household'' (1880) References 1838 births 1908 deaths Writers from Hamburg {{Germany-playwright-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1873 Plays Events January–March * January 1 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the United States Army. * February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I, and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. * February 12 Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant; coming into effect on April 1, it ends bimetallism in the U.S., and places the country on the gold standard. * February 20 The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. British naval officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby, and claims the land for Britain. * March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	German Plays Adapted Into Films German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) *Germania (historical use) Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language *any of the Germanic languages German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]