Translating German Drama

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This site is meant for translating theatre plays from German to English. It can be used as a course requirement in drama schools or while learning the German language.

Playwrights of any century may be used, provided the work is not copyrighted in German.

18th century
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friedrich Schiller

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

19th century
Georg Büchner

Heinrich von Kleist

Gerhart Hauptmann

Frank Wedekind

20th century
Bertolt Brecht