title: Queen Tamara (play)
text: # Queen Tamara (play)
  
  Queen Tamara (Norwegian: Dronning Tamara) is a three-act play by Knut Hamsun about Tamar of Georgia. It was published in 1903.
  
  ## Characters
  
  * Tamara, Queen of Georgia
  * Prince Giorgi, her husband
  * Giorgi and Rusdan, their children
  * The prior
  * The abbot
  * Fatimat, the queen's servant
  * The khan of Tovin
  * Zaidata
  * Juanata
  * Sofiat
  * Mecedu
  * Prince Giorgi's adjutant
  * Two Tatar officers
  * Two Georgian prisoners
  * A hetman
  * The queen's officers and soldiers, Tovin officers and soldiers, monks, scribes, musicians, dancers, girls, servants
  
  ## Reception
  
  Hamsun's play was poorly received. Reviews characterized it as uninteresting or even a failure, and Hamsun is considered to have known too little about the subject matter to convincingly develop the plot.
  
  