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Hans Herrig (1845–1892)
Herrig, Hans (her’ig). A German poet, dramatist, and editor; born in Brunswick, Dec. 10, 1845; died at Weimar, May 4, 1892. His plays have been numerous and successful, notably ‘Alexander the Great’; ‘Jerusalem’; ‘Nero.’ His greatest success was with the “church play” arranged and written for the Luther Jubilee of 1883, and widely performed. His poetry includes both the light and the serious, ‘The Fat King’ among the former and ‘The Swine’ among the latter. His prose works include essays on Schopenhauer and upon the development of the stage.