Clavigo
five-act tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Clavigo is a visual artwork categorized within the genres of tragedy and bourgeois tragedy.
Key Facts
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[3]
- Movement: Sturm und Drang[4]
- Genre: tragedy[5], bourgeois tragedy[6]
- Named after: José Clavijo y Fajardo[7]
- Place of publication: Leipzig[8]
- Commons category: Clavigo[9]
- Language of work or name: German[10]
- Publication date: 1774[11]
- Has edition or translation: Q41740483[12]
- Narrative location: Madrid[13]
- Inspired by: Fragment de mon voyage en Espagne[14]
- Work available at URL: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/goethe/clavigo/clavig01.html[15]
- Date of first performance: August 23, 1774[16]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17]
- Title: Clavigo[18]
- Subtitle: Ein Trauerspiel von Göthe[19]
- First line: Das Blatt wird eine gute Würkung thun, es muß alle Weiber bezaubern.[20]
- Number of parts of this work: 5 act[21]
- Last line: Ich vergehe.[22]
- Location of first performance: Hamburg[23]
- Derivative work: Q47404244[24], Clavigo[25]
- Copyright status: public domain[26]
- Form of creative work: play[27], drama[28]
Why It Matters
Clavigo has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Clavigo is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]