Die unheilbringende Krone / (oder König ohne Reich, Held ohne Mut, Schönheit ohne Jugend)

A two-act tragicomic magic play that follows a chain of political betrayals and supernatural bargains centered on a bewitched crown whose promise of power brings ruin. Mortal ambition collides with underworld forces and vengeful spirits, while scenes alternate between courtly intrigue and enchanted, allegorical settings. Comic lower-class figures and mythic beings create tonal shifts that expose vanity, misplaced loyalty, and moral blindness. Through enchantments, mistaken identities, and confrontations with fate, the drama examines how external honors can hollow character, how deception warps communities, and how remorse and revelation eventually force a reckoning with the true costs of dominion.