Includes the plays The Robbers and Passion and PoliticsTwo plays concerned with tyranny and freedom. Schillers first play; The Robbers (1781); was written in great secrecy under the prison like conditions of Wuuml;rttenbergs Karlsschule: Karl; the son of a count; is disinherited through the machinations of his brother Franz; and; turning his back on a social order he finds unjust and corrupt; becomes the leader of a band of robbers. In Passion and Politics (1784); a bourgeoise tragedy; the love between Louise; a musicians daughter; and Ferdinand; a politicians son; crosses an unbridgeable social divide.One of the great figures in German literature; Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the most significant playwrights of his day; numbering among his devotees Coleridge and Carlyle. His plays are known for their originality of form; vivid stage imagery and powerful language; faithfully rendered in Robert David MacDonalds acclaimed translations.
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