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Messrs. Glembay

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Publisher
  
DHK

First performance
  
1929

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Publication date
  
1928

Playwright
  
Adaptations
  
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Original title
  
Gospoda Glembajevi. Drama u tri čina iz života jedne agramerske patricijske obitelji

Media type
  
Print (hardback and paperback)

Characters
  
Baroness Castelli–Glembay

Dramas
  
Koštana, The Robbers, A Doll's House

Miroslav krle a gospoda glembajevi ulomci narodno pozori te beograd


Messrs. Glembay. A drama in three acts from the life of one Agremerian Patrician family (Croatian: Gospoda Glembajevi. Drama u tri čina iz života jedne agramerske patricijske obitelji), is a play in three acts by the Croatian author Miroslav Krleža.

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The play is divided into three acts, dealing with the events and the rift within the family Glembay. Messrs. Glembay is the first of three plays in the Glembay cycle which includes the dramas In Agony and Leda. The drama is commonly performed in the standard repertoire of major theatres across Croatia, and it is considered a classic of Croatian literature.

English translation of Godpoda Glembajevi (The Glembays) is available in Harbors Rich in Ships: Selected Revolutionary Writings. Translated by Željko Cipriš. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2017.

Characters

  • Naci (Ignjat, Jacques) Glembay, banker, owner of company Glembay Ltd., first secret adviser (69 years)
  • Baroness Castelli–Glembay, his second legitimate wife (45 years)
  • Dr. Phil. Leone Glembay, Ignjat's son from his first wife née Basilides–Danielli (38 years)
  • Sister Angelika Glembay, Dominican, widow from Glembay's son Ivan, née Baroness Zygtmuntowicz Beatrix (29 years)
  • Titus Andronicus Fabriczy-Glembay, Glembay's cousin, bishop emeritus (69 years)
  • Dr. Iuris Puba Fabriczy-Glembay, lawyer, law adviser of company Glembay Ltd., his son (28 years)
  • Dr. Med. Paul Altmann, physician (51 years)
  • Dr. Theol. et Phil. Alojzije Silberbrandt, adviser of baroness's son and her confesseur (39 years)
  • Oliver Glembay, son of Baroness Castelli and banker Glembay (17 years)
  • Ulanski Oberleutanant Von Ballocsanszky, army lieutenant (24 years)
  • References

    Messrs. Glembay Wikipedia