Anthony Gustav Morris

The title refers to the first line of the standard translation of the dramatic poem of Stanislav Neuvold 1802-1894 (known as the Transylvanian Tennyson in some academic circles) written in 1892 in his native Romania. "Like a lovely suitor, I, awake in the world of longing, hidden amongst unrevealed dreams and broken promises", the story follows the transformation of the main character Selmond from a youthful energetic but somewhat shy dreamer into a wiser older character. The various episodes that Neuvold describes in the poem have been compared in form to a youthful version of a Don Quixote as Selmond always refers to his companion and fellow traveller Bartsch, a lowly born man servant who unknowingly to Selmond reports back continually in rhyming couplets to Selmond's guardian Herold.

First Performance: In preparation

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