Clavigo is a five-acttragedy written byJohann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774. The lead role is taken byPierre Beaumarchais. The play was written in just eight days in May 1774. It was published by July 1774 and is the first printed work to which Goethe put his own name, although the play was received with disfavour.
The first performance of the play was by theAckermannschen Gesellschaft inHamburg on 23 August 1774.
It is based on the offer of marriage that theCanarian writerJosé Clavijo y Fajardo made to the sister ofBeaumarchais.
During the 1970s,Clavigo was adapted as aTV movie.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907).The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)
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