In one of his tragedies, the title character is killed by Seyfried in revenge for having ordered the execution of his father Merenberg.
This playwright only wrote one comedy, Woe to Him Who Lies, which was a failure. In one of his tragedies, the title character is killed by Seyfried in revenge for having ordered the execution of his father Merenberg. This author of a play about Ottokar II adapted the story of Hero and Leander into Waves of the Sea and of Love, and also wrote a trilogy about the Golden Fleece beginning with a prelude called The Guest Friend. He was greatly influenced by the Spanish Golden Age playwrights, as evidenced by the CalderÃ³n-like The Dream, a Life and a play about Rahel la Fermosa entitled The Jewess of Toledo. For 10 points, name this Austrian playwright who also lends his name to a pension in The World According to Garp.
This playwright only wrote one comedy, Woe to Him Who Lies, which was a failure.
Franz Grillparzer