Iphigenia in Aulis
Title
Iphigenia in Aulis
Text Read
Iphigenia in Aulis
Author
Euripides. tr. Robert Potter
Original Source
Oxford: Baxter, for Whittaker, 1823. Tragedies. pp. 1-61.
Digitized by
Internet Archive
Publication Date
1823
Date(s) of Reading
- 1854-12-08
- 1854-12-12
- 1854-12-[14]
Evidence
1854-12-08: "Thursday [Friday]. Read Scherr-worked at Spinoza-walked in the Thiergarten. A lovely morning. We talked of Keely and Macready. Came home and wrote a little, then went to dine at the Hotel de l'Europe. I took Iphigenia to read. Italianische Reise until Dessoir came. He read us the opening of Richard the 3rd and the scene with Lady Anne. Then Shylock, which G. afterwards read. Dessoir told us an amusing story out of his early experiences among strolling actors, and imitated admirably Aldridge's mode of advancing to kill Duncan - like a wild Indian lurking for a not much wilder beast. Finished 1st act of Iphigenia." Diary 1854-1861 37-38
1854-12-12: "Tuesday. Scherr. Spinoza. Dessoir walked with us in the Thiergarten and told us an amusing story about his early days. When he was a youth of sixteen or seventeen acting at Spandau, he walked to Berlin (about 9 miles) and back in the evening accompanied by a watchmaker named Naundorf, an enthusiast for the theatre. On their way Dessoir declaimed at the top ofhis voice and was encouraged by the applause ofhis companion to more and more exertion of lungs and limbs, so that people stared at them and followed them as if they thought them two madmen. This watchmaker was Louis XVII! Dined at the Hotel de !'Europe and read Iphigenia. Looked into the Xenien and amused ourselves with their pointlessness. Read Hermann and Dorothea - 4 first books. G. read 2nd Part of Henry IV." Diary 1854-1861 38
1854-12-[14]: "Thursday. Bad headache. A regularly wet morning. Read the Athenm and Leader and finished Iphigenia. In the evening finished Hermann and Dorothea. Read Henry IV 2nd part. Still headachy." Diary 1854-1861 38
1854-12-12: "Tuesday. Scherr. Spinoza. Dessoir walked with us in the Thiergarten and told us an amusing story about his early days. When he was a youth of sixteen or seventeen acting at Spandau, he walked to Berlin (about 9 miles) and back in the evening accompanied by a watchmaker named Naundorf, an enthusiast for the theatre. On their way Dessoir declaimed at the top ofhis voice and was encouraged by the applause ofhis companion to more and more exertion of lungs and limbs, so that people stared at them and followed them as if they thought them two madmen. This watchmaker was Louis XVII! Dined at the Hotel de !'Europe and read Iphigenia. Looked into the Xenien and amused ourselves with their pointlessness. Read Hermann and Dorothea - 4 first books. G. read 2nd Part of Henry IV." Diary 1854-1861 38
1854-12-[14]: "Thursday. Bad headache. A regularly wet morning. Read the Athenm and Leader and finished Iphigenia. In the evening finished Hermann and Dorothea. Read Henry IV 2nd part. Still headachy." Diary 1854-1861 38
Citation
Euripides. tr. Robert Potter, Iphigenia in Aulis, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57496