Recenzoj
Citaĵo
„ Tiu dramo estis ludata dum la XV-a kongreso kun grandega sukceso. ”
— 1923 Historio de Esperanto II, paĝo 532
Citaĵo
„ ...Ĝia problemo: la ideo de la hom­amo kaj toleremo superanta la dogmojn kaj malamon, ĉar unue ni estas homoj kaj nur poste kristanoj, judoj aŭ mahometanoj. Laŭ la trad­ukinto oni devas konsideri la trad­ukon unue kiel Esperantan poemon kaj nur duavice kiel tradukitan el alia lingvo klasikan dramon. ”
— Enciklopedio de Esperanto

I've read enough of Tasso and Ariosto to see that ending coming. But I wasn't expecting to love the prose so much. Verbally, it was beautifully constructed. And, as a metaphor, it was lovely in this contentious culture that we live in. I highly recommend it. ( )

Lessing's best play, and maybe the first soap opera out there, with a very diverse family having a happy humanist ending that defies intolerance, crusades, misogyny, and bad chess games. ( )

L'unica cosa bella è il racconto dei tre anelli (peraltro rielaborazione di una novella del Decameron).
Per il resto, soprattutto nel finale sembra più un romanzetto d'appendice. ( )

It is difficult to summarize the plot of this play without making it sound like one of those airplane jokes where there are too few parachutes for the people on board. Nevertheless, it is a play about Jews, Muslims, and Christians in crusader times. More important, it's message about religious tolerance makes it a significant book to be read today - it shows the Jew and Muslim as demonstrating more tolerance and virtue than any of the Christian characters.

The E-book edition I read included both the German text and the English translation mixed together on the same page with the English somewhat greyed out. Although it would be possible to actually just read the German text, I found it difficult not to read the English text as well. This took away some of the drama of the story but added to the comprehension of what was being read. the English text also included some footnotes that were necessary to be able to understand the context of the events in the play. ( )