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3 unusual facts about Hermann Sudermann


Brander Matthews

Long before they were fashionable, he championed playwrights who were regarded as too bold for American tastes, such as Hermann Sudermann, Arthur Pinero, and preeminently Henrik Ibsen, about whom he wrote frequently and eloquently.

Kaunas State Drama Theatre

The first play performed by the Kaunas Drama Theatre was Hermann Sudermann's St. John's Day, directed by Juozas Vaičkus, premiering on December 19, 1920 in the former Russian City Theatre, in what is now the Kaunas State Musical Theatre.

Lily of the Dust

This movie was based on the novel Das Hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann and the Broadway play The Song of Songs by Edward Sheldon.



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