As Far As I
Know Our Intendant He Will NOT Condescend To Perform King
Alphonso; But None The Less I Will Speak To Dingelstedt About It,
And Will Prevail On Him First Of All To Write A Few Lines To B.,
As The Rules Of Courtesy Demand.
I scarcely hope to effect more
than this, glad as I should be if it happened so, for you know
that I am glad to show myself obliging.
It is doubtful also
whether B. will have much better chances with other Intendants -
for, as it seems, the good man has decidedly bad luck. Please
make my excuses to him if I do not answer his letter other than
by a silent condolence (in German Beleidsbezeugung!). - It has
become horribly difficult nowadays to make a footing on the
boards - "which signify the world" - especially for writers of
classic tragic-plays, whose lot is far more a tragic than a
playing one! - Things certainly are not much better with most of
the Opera composers, although that genre is the most thankful one
of all. Without a strong dose of obstinacy and resignation there
is no doing anything. In spite of the comforting proverb
"Geduldige Schafe gehen viele in den Stall," [The English
equivalent seems to be "Patience and application will carry us
through."] there is for the greater number and most patient of
the sheep no more room in the fold, to say nothing of food! - Thus
the problem of the literary and artistic proletariat becomes from
year to year more clamorous.
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