The volume contains the comedy Die Bose Catharine Wicked Catharine 1705 and the Singspiel Die betrubte und getrostete Galathee Galathee depressed and comforted 1673 The edition of Die Bose Catharine is based on the manuscripts that of Galathee on the first printing The volume is completed with a complete account of the textual history of the works the editors necessary interventions and a comprehensive listing of the textual variants