Day at home, payments — the many needs of our life always weigh heavily on my heart. R. receives no reply regarding Miss Tietjens (Sieglinde), sends a telegram and receives the answer that she will likely accept — thus still undecided. Herr Scaria inquires whether he might arrive later — nothing but such troubles. Yet the singer Unger brings R. joy. In the evening we read the version of “Hamlet” by Prof. Werder [1] — an almost comical impression! (Afternoon spent with Frau Kolb!)
[1] Karl Friedrich Werder (1806–1893), professor in Berlin, aesthete and dramatist; his Lectures on “Hamlet” were published in 1875.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.