Ondine is a play written in 1938 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux based on the 1811 novella Undine by the German Romantic Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué that tells the story of Hans and Ondine. Hans is a knight-errant who has been sent off on a quest by his betrothed. In the forest he meets and falls in love with Ondine a water-sprite who is attracted to the world of mortal man. The subsequent marriage of people from different worlds is of course folly.
author
Jean Giraudoux
character in play
Auguste Eugenie, Bertha Bertram, First Fisherman, First Judge, Ondine Ritter Hans, Second Judge The Kitchen Maid, The King A Servant, The Old One, Lord Chamberlain The Superintendent of the Theatre The Trainer of the Seals Violante Angelique
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