Queen Tamara (play)

Queen Tamara^[1] (Norwegian: Dronning Tamara) is a three-act play by Knut Hamsun about Tamar of Georgia.^[2] It was published in 1903.^[2]

Characters

Tamara, Queen of Georgia
Prince Giorgi, her husband
Giorgi and Rusdan, their children
The prior
The abbot
Fatimat, the queen's servant
The khan of Tovin
Zaidata
Juanata
Sofiat
Mecedu
Prince Giorgi's adjutant
Two Tatar officers
Two Georgian prisoners
A hetman
The queen's officers and soldiers, Tovin officers and soldiers, monks, scribes, musicians, dancers, girls, servants

Reception

Hamsun's play was poorly received. Reviews characterized it as uninteresting or even a failure, and Hamsun is considered to have known too little about the subject matter to convincingly develop the plot.^[3]

References

^ Žagar, Monika (2011). Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 137.
^ ^a ^b Oxfeldt, Elizabeth (2005). Nordic Orientalism: Paris and the Cosmopolitan Imagination, 1800–1900. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen. p. 220.
^ Žagar, Monika (1998). "Knut Hamsun's Taming of the Shrew? A Reading of 'Dronning Tamara'". Scandinavian Studies. 70 (3): 354–355.

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[1] Žagar, Monika (2011). Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 137.

[Oxfeldt-2] Oxfeldt, Elizabeth (2005). Nordic Orientalism: Paris and the Cosmopolitan Imagination, 1800–1900. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen. p. 220.

[3] Žagar, Monika (1998). "Knut Hamsun's Taming of the Shrew? A Reading of 'Dronning Tamara'". Scandinavian Studies. 70 (3): 354–355.

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