!!!Haupt- und Staatsaktion

Haupt- und Staatsaktion ("Chief and State Plays"), the term used 
polemically by J. C. Gottsched in his struggle to promote 
"regular" tragedies following the French model to replace the 
repertory of the  English Comedians and German itinerant troupes; the 
term "Hauptaktion" designated the serious plays in contrast 
to the farces played at the conclusion of the performance, while 
"Staatsaktion" referred to the historical or political 
subject.

!Literature
K. Weiss, Die Wiener Haupt- und Staatsactionen, 1854.


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