18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 36

[cahn]

Starting a couple of comments earlier than usual to mention there are a couple of new salon fics! These probably both need canon knowledge.

felis ficlets on siblings!

Siblings (541 words) by felisnocturna
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758), Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Summary:

Three Fills for the 2022 Three Sentence Ficathon.

Chapter One: Protective Action / Babysitting at Rheinsberg (Frederick/Fredersdorf, William+Henry+Ferdinand)
Chapter Two: Here Be Lions (Wilhelmine)

Unsent Letters fic by me:

Letters for a Dead King (1981 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen (1726-1802)
Characters: Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Love/Hate, Talking To Dead People, Canonical Character Death, Dysfunctional Family
Summary:

Just because one's king and brother is dead doesn't mean one has to stop writing to him.

Comments

Re: I. General and AW

[selenak]

The Hanswurst banishing was indeed a big thing in German theatre history. cahn, this Gottsched was the one who tried to convince Fritz of the worthiness of the German language (with a hilarious Nicolai anecdote to describe their encounter), and whose wife was a publishing Émilie fan. (Who also liked MT.) You can bet Hanswurt plays were exactly what FW had liked and SD hadn't wanted her children to watch, though.


Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

LOL, wow. I guess AW is saying the poisoning accusations are unfounded?

Probably. The essay doesn't include Lehndorff's letter to AW about this, but that would have been an obvious question to ask given the rumors making the round in Berlin, and AW had the advantage of having been there and in the know. (As this predates Kolin and his command in the aftermath.) I note AW does not mention a fellow accomplice, unlike Büsching and Second Chamber Hussar in their versions.