SIMON WILLIAMS is Professor of Dramatic Art and Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of German Actors of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Greenwood, 1985) and Shakespeare on the German Stage.

• Illustrations Series Foreword by Josh Beer and Christopher Innes Preface List of Abbreviations The Fiery Conformist Bohemian in Paris Kapellmeister in Dresden Revolutionary in Exile Romantic in Exile The King's Friend The Master of Bayreuth The Dying Magus Wagner's Legacy Chronology of Wagner's Life Further Reading Index

SIMON WILLIAMS is Professor of Dramatic Art and Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of German Actors of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Greenwood, 1985) and Shakespeare on the German Stage.

• Illustrations Series Foreword by Josh Beer and Christopher Innes Preface List of Abbreviations The Fiery Conformist Bohemian in Paris Kapellmeister in Dresden Revolutionary in Exile Romantic in Exile The King's Friend The Master of Bayreuth The Dying Magus Wagner's Legacy Chronology of Wagner's Life Further Reading Index

SIMON WILLIAMS is Professor of Dramatic Art and Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of German Actors of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Greenwood, 1985) and Shakespeare on the German Stage.

• Illustrations Series Foreword by Josh Beer and Christopher Innes Preface List of Abbreviations The Fiery Conformist Bohemian in Paris Kapellmeister in Dresden Revolutionary in Exile Romantic in Exile The King's Friend The Master of Bayreuth The Dying Magus Wagner's Legacy Chronology of Wagner's Life Further Reading Index