Word: mittelbach
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...story of the play concerns the unfortunate relations between Mittelbach and his father-in-law, Senator Andersen, who believes that his daughter Agathe owes her first duty to him and not to her husband. The young couple live in rooms directly over those of the Senator and his wife, and as a result Mittelbach is neglected by his wife, who spends most of her time with her parents...
...scene of the play is laid in the apartments of the young couple. They have been married two years and Mittelbach has become meek and subservient to the Senator's wishes. He feigns that he is near a state of nervous collapse and accordingly his doctor prescribes a journey for his health. Much to Mittelbach's discomfiture, the Senator decides that he will go also...
...husband. The young couple also has the misfortune to occupy an apartment directly above that of the senator; and accordingly Agathe, who has been brought up to think as her father does, spends most of her time with her parents. Whenever the young husband, Mittelbach, offers to pay any little attention to his wife, the parents interfere. In short, Mittelbach's home is not his own. At the end of two years, Mittelbach has become meek and yields to every whim of his parents-in-law. The strain has worn on his nerves, so that he is very near...
...While Mittelbach is in despair he receives a call from an old college friend, Dr. Gehring, who wishes an interview with the senator in behalf of a Miss Petzoldt with whom the senator's son Oscar is in love, much against the will of his parents. Gehring opens the eyes of the young wife, Agathe, to her real duty toward her husband. Agathe's sister, Stephanie, has been in love with Gehring for a long time. After an amusing scene of embarrassing complications, Gehring discovers that he in turn loves Stephanie; but trouble is feared from the senator...
...cast for the Deutscher Verein play, "Der Senator," has been made up as follows: Senator Anderson, J. P. Hoguet '04 Helen, Seine Frau, H. R. VanLaw '02 Stephanie, W. H. Chase '04 Agathe, E. B. Ahlborn '02 Mittelbach, P. B. Robinson '03 Dr. Gehring, L. G. Brooks '02 Joseph, P. B. Glney...