Judith, 1841; Gedichte, 1842; Genoveva, 1843; Maria Magdalena, 1844; Der Diamant, 1847; Neue Gedichte, 1848; Herodes und Mariamne, 1850; Der Rubin, 1851; Ein Trauerspiel in Sicilien, 1851; Julia, 1851; Michel Angelo, 1855; Agnes Bernauer, 1855; Gyges und sein Ring, 1856; Mutter und Kind (Gedicht), 1859; Die Nibelungen, 1862; Demetrius, 1864; Tagebücher, 1885-87; Briefwechsel mit Freunden und berühmten Zeitgenossen, 1890-92; Briefe, 1908, 1913.

Collected Works: Edition by E. Kuh, 12 vols., 1866-68; edition by Krumm, 12 vols., 1900; edition by Werner, 12 vols., 1901-7.

Life: E. Kuh, 1877; Kulke, 1878; Bartels, 1899; A. von Winterfeld, 1908. See also Wuetschke, H., Hebbel, Bibliographie, 1910; A. Gubelmann, Studies in the Lyric Poems of F. Hebbel, 1912.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Gyges and His Ring (translated by L. H. Allen) [1]
[DRAMATIS PERSONÆ]
[ACT I]
[ACT II]
[ACT III]
[ACT IV]
[ACT V]
Herod and Mariamne (translated by L. H. Allen) [67]
[DRAMATIS PERSONÆ]
[ACT I]
[ACT II]
[ACT III]
[ACT IV]
[ACT V]
Maria Magdalena (translated by Barber Fairley) [185]
[DRAMATIS PERSONÆ]
[ACT I]
[ACT II]
[ACT III]
[FOOTNOTES]
[Transcriber’s Note]

GYGES AND HIS RING

A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS

Translated into English Verse by

L. H. ALLEN

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ