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The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09

Volume 9 / Act 5 — THE HEREDITARY FORESTER

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A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

STEIN, a rich manufacturer and country gentleman.

ROBERT, his son.

CHRISTIAN ULRICH, forester on the estate of Düsterwalde, called "The Hereditary Forester."

SOPHY, his wife.

ANDREW, forester's assistant } MARY } their children. WILLIAM }

WILKENS, a wealthy farmer, uncle of SOPHY.

The Pastor of Waldenrode.

MÖLLER, Stein's bookkeeper.

GODFREY, a hunter.

WEILER, keeper in Ulrich's forest.

The proprietor of the "Boundary Inn."

FREI } LINDENSCHMIED} Poachers. KATHARINE }

BASTIAN, Stein's valet.

Two porters.

The scene is alternately the forester's house at Düsterwalde and Stein's mansion at Waldenrode; once, in Act III, the Frontier Inn and the Dell.

THE HEREDITARY FORESTER (1850)

TRANSLATED BY ALFRED REMY, A.M.

Professor of Modern Languages, Brooklyn Commercial High School.

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