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Queen Tamara (Norwegian: Dronning Tamara) is a three-act play by Knut Hamsun about Tamar of Georgia. It was published in 1903.

Characters

• Tamara, Queen of Georgia
• Prince Giorgi, her husband
• Giorgi and Rusdan, their children
• The prior
• The abbot
• Fatimat, the queen's servant
• The khan of Tovin
• Zaidata
• Juanata
• Sofiat
• Mecedu
• Prince Giorgi's adjutant
• Two Tatar officers
• Two Georgian prisoners
• A hetman
• The queen's officers and soldiers, Tovin officers and soldiers, monks, scribes, musicians, dancers, girls, servants

Reception

Hamsun's play was poorly received. Reviews characterized it as uninteresting or even a failure, and Hamsun is considered to have known too little about the subject matter to convincingly develop the plot.

References

1. Žagar, Monika (2011). Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 137.
2. ^ Oxfeldt, Elizabeth (2005). Nordic Orientalism: Paris and the Cosmopolitan Imagination, 1800–1900. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen. p. 220.
3. Žagar, Monika (1998). "Knut Hamsun's Taming of the Shrew? A Reading of 'Dronning Tamara'". Scandinavian Studies. 70 (3): 354–355.

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