Körner's Morning

Körner's Morning (Körners Vormittag) is a verse play by Friedrich Schiller. His only comedy, it was written for his friend Christian Gottfried Körner's birthday, probably between 5 June and 2 July 1787. Intended to be privately produced, it parodies the Dresden circle around Körner and his tendency not to finish works or only to finish them with great difficulty.[1]

Title page of Ich habe mich rasieren lassen (1862)

It was first published by Carl Künzel in 1862 (over 55 years after Schiller's death) as Ich habe mich rasieren lassen (I let myself shave).[2] It shows a domestic phase in Schiller's life and simultaneously documents a piece of 18th century everyday life.[3]

Writing and publication
Christian Gottfried Körner by Anton Graff

Editions
  • (in German) Friedrich von Schiller: Ich habe mich rasieren lassen: Ein dramatischer Scherz von Friedrich von Schiller. Verlag der Englischen Kunst-Anstalt A. H. Payne 1862

Bibliography
  • (in German) Peter-André Alt: Körners Vormittag. In: Schiller, Leben – Werk – Zeit, Erster Band, München 2000, S. 424–425
  • (in German) Grit Dommes: Körners Vormittag. In: Schiller-Handbuch, Leben – Werk – Wirkung, Hrsg. Matthias Luserke-Jaqui, Metzler, Stuttgart 2005, S. 88–92

References
  1. (in German) Helmut Koopmann, Anmerkungen zu Körners Vormittag. In: Friedrich Schiller, Sämtliche Werke, Band I, Dramen I, Deutscher Bücherbund, Stuttgart, S. 931
  2. (in German) Hinweis: Die Jahresangaben differieren hier, während Gritt Dommes 1863 angibt, spricht Peter-André Alt von 1862
  3. (in German) Grit Dommes: Körners Vormittag. In: Schiller-Handbuch, Leben – Werk – Wirkung, Hrsg. Matthias Luserke-Jaqui, Metzler, Stuttgart 2005, S. 88
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