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Gerhart Hauptmann

A German author.

The Weavers

based on 1844 Silesian weavers rebellion

Drayman Henschel

man promises to be faithful to wife’s memory but trapped into marrying housekeeper

The Sunken Bell

bell-maker Heinrich’s bell falls into lake and he leaves family for sprite Rautendelein

Rose Bernd

Rose is engaged to August Kiel but has child by town magistrate and kills it and is arrested